G06F 21/30
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
G06F21/30 (Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals) appears on 38,978 US grants and 47,752 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 2734 | 2353 |
| 2026 | 1483 | 1631 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Establishing secure communication between an interface device and control systems of an electric marine vessel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307771 A1Vision Marine Technologies
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing a Home Button Replacement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310305 A1Apple Inc.
- System and method for an electronic signature device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310310 A1
- Information processing method, server apparatus, and information processing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310439 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Federated application programming interface (api) gateway system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310527 A1eBay Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection3,563US 5,892,900 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Internet server access control and monitoring systems1,394US 5,708,780 AOpen Market, Inc. · 1998
- Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image1,368US 7,657,849 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Devices using tactile feedback to deliver silent status information1,220US 8,739,033 B2Immersion Corporation · 2014