G06F 21/44
Program or device authentication
G06F21/44 (Program or device authentication) appears on 7,587 US grants and 9,320 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 7,587
- Published applications
- 9,320
- Assignees
- 2,375
- Inventors
- 16,035
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 7 |
| 2002 | 10 | 27 |
| 2003 | 15 | 35 |
| 2004 | 16 | 42 |
| 2005 | 19 | 67 |
| 2006 | 21 | 74 |
| 2007 | 27 | 82 |
| 2008 | 47 | 77 |
| 2009 | 35 | 105 |
| 2010 | 70 | 94 |
| 2011 | 61 | 102 |
| 2012 | 106 | 156 |
| 2013 | 155 | 285 |
| 2014 | 249 | 431 |
| 2015 | 312 | 503 |
| 2016 | 370 | 498 |
| 2017 | 456 | 632 |
| 2018 | 490 | 631 |
| 2019 | 602 | 771 |
| 2020 | 678 | 808 |
| 2021 | 660 | 852 |
| 2022 | 762 | 762 |
| 2023 | 712 | 734 |
| 2024 | 678 | 646 |
| 2025 | 654 | 525 |
| 2026 | 329 | 374 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Managing motherboard replacement at an information handling system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,741 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Neural network digital signature encoding method, device and corresponding computer program6 Oct 2026US 12,754,991 B2Thales
- Validated access of an electronic module6 Oct 2026US 12,754,992 B2Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Authentication device, authentication system, and authentication method6 Oct 2026US 12,754,993 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Server-to-device secure data exchange authorized session management6 Oct 2026US 12,755,276 B2Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Establishing secure communication between an interface device and control systems of an electric marine vessel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307771 A1Vision Marine Technologies
- 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.
- Device security system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310777 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Apparatus for gateway, control method thereof and vehicle system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310781 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital content distribution, transmission and protection system and method, and portable device for use therewith602US 6,697,944 B1Microsoft Corporation · 2004
- Roving software license for a hardware agent593US 5,473,692 AIntel Corporation · 1995
- Physical presence digital authentication system591US 6,607,136 B1BeepCard Ltd. · 2003
- Media content protection utilizing public key cryptography501US 6,550,011 B1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2003
- Secure communication architecture for medical devices493US 9,980,140 B1Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. · 2018