G06F 21/36
By graphic or iconic representation
Official title: by graphic or iconic representation
G06F21/36 (By graphic or iconic representation) appears on 2,916 US grants and 3,575 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 2,916
- Published applications
- 3,575
- Assignees
- 1,071
- Inventors
- 5,993
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 15 |
| 2003 | 3 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 37 |
| 2005 | 8 | 34 |
| 2006 | 9 | 28 |
| 2007 | 14 | 41 |
| 2008 | 21 | 63 |
| 2009 | 18 | 68 |
| 2010 | 29 | 95 |
| 2011 | 29 | 94 |
| 2012 | 68 | 140 |
| 2013 | 92 | 202 |
| 2014 | 184 | 279 |
| 2015 | 199 | 302 |
| 2016 | 239 | 269 |
| 2017 | 260 | 308 |
| 2018 | 229 | 249 |
| 2019 | 251 | 255 |
| 2020 | 256 | 241 |
| 2021 | 223 | 186 |
| 2022 | 184 | 165 |
| 2023 | 186 | 157 |
| 2024 | 147 | 139 |
| 2025 | 154 | 117 |
| 2026 | 81 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Provisioning a device to be an authentication device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,702 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
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- Screen unlocking method, electronic device and computer-readable storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300462 A1Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Method for unlocking an electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300463 A1Vuzix Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image1,368US 7,657,849 B2Apple Inc. · 2010
- Linking of computers based on optical sensing of digital data942US 6,311,214 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2001
- Password protection using spatial and temporal variation in a high-resolution touch sensitive display671US 6,720,860 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2004
- Network linking method using steganographically embedded data objects665US 5,841,978 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998
- Computer software authentication, protection, and security system496US 6,006,328 A1999