G06F 21/564
By virus signature recognition
Official title: {by virus signature recognition}
G06F21/564 (By virus signature recognition) appears on 1,281 US grants and 1,216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,281
- Published applications
- 1,216
- Assignees
- 412
- Inventors
- 2,294
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 58 | 72 |
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| 2020 | 82 | 92 |
| 2021 | 87 | 81 |
| 2022 | 87 | 62 |
| 2023 | 84 | 73 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 |
| 2025 | 59 | 48 |
| 2026 | 42 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic immune system for computers and computer networks838US 5,440,723 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Computer virus screening methods and systems722US 5,987,610 AAmeritech Corporation · 1999
- Network security system and method using a parallel finite state machine adaptive active monitor and responder690US 5,414,833 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- System for virus-checking network data during download to a client device574US 6,088,803 AIntel Corporation · 2000
- In transit detection of computer virus with safeguard536US 5,319,776 AHilgraeve Incorporated · 1994