G06F 21/572
Secure firmware programming
Official title: {Secure firmware programming, e.g. of basic input output system [BIOS]}
G06F21/572 (Secure firmware programming) appears on 2,153 US grants and 2,619 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 2,153
- Published applications
- 2,619
- Assignees
- 706
- Inventors
- 4,651
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 13 |
| 2003 | 10 | 22 |
| 2004 | 12 | 21 |
| 2005 | 5 | 27 |
| 2006 | 10 | 39 |
| 2007 | 14 | 37 |
| 2008 | 14 | 60 |
| 2009 | 20 | 43 |
| 2010 | 22 | 33 |
| 2011 | 30 | 47 |
| 2012 | 44 | 42 |
| 2013 | 65 | 69 |
| 2014 | 73 | 96 |
| 2015 | 100 | 106 |
| 2016 | 92 | 91 |
| 2017 | 97 | 96 |
| 2018 | 107 | 118 |
| 2019 | 111 | 181 |
| 2020 | 150 | 197 |
| 2021 | 171 | 279 |
| 2022 | 218 | 225 |
| 2023 | 215 | 240 |
| 2024 | 203 | 246 |
| 2025 | 207 | 187 |
| 2026 | 120 | 104 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Electronic device and application package management method6 Oct 2026US 12,755,020 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Vehicle secure start method and apparatus, electronic control unit and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,576 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Techniques for enforcing configuration requirements for application-specific integrated circuits (ASICS)29 Sep 2026US 12,748,848 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Offloading workloads to a trusted dock22 Sep 2026US 12,743,519 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Validated movement of hardware within an IHS cluster15 Sep 2026US 12,737,465 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Steering control system and method for performing reprogramming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307716 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Non-Disruptive Self-Encrypting-Drive Encryption Key Switching8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310833 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Firmware Wireless Update System and Method Thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299921 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Self-secured multi-layer intelligent operating system for automatically controlling installation and patching of software applications1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300492 A1Bank of America Corporation
- Hardware specific cryptographic key1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300516 A1Analog Devices, 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
- System and method for a multi-application smart card which can facilitate a post-issuance download of an application onto the smart card459US 6,005,942 AVisa International Service Association · 1999
- Secure BIOS349US 5,844,986 AIntel Corporation · 1998
- Persistent servicing agent313US 8,418,226 B2Absolute Software Corporation · 2013
- Programmable distributed personal security304US 5,533,123 ANational Semiconductor Corporation · 1996