G06F 21/60
Protecting data
G06F21/60 (Protecting data) appears on 53,736 US grants and 66,006 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 53,736
- Published applications
- 66,006
- Assignees
- 11,027
- Inventors
- 93,803
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 26 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 48 | 0 |
| 1997 | 55 | 0 |
| 1998 | 98 | 0 |
| 1999 | 132 | 0 |
| 2000 | 137 | 0 |
| 2001 | 143 | 151 |
| 2002 | 147 | 529 |
| 2003 | 174 | 679 |
| 2004 | 209 | 779 |
| 2005 | 233 | 1004 |
| 2006 | 399 | 1122 |
| 2007 | 451 | 1301 |
| 2008 | 484 | 1431 |
| 2009 | 629 | 1350 |
| 2010 | 952 | 1351 |
| 2011 | 1002 | 1430 |
| 2012 | 1276 | 1511 |
| 2013 | 1660 | 2126 |
| 2014 | 2246 | 2658 |
| 2015 | 2499 | 2818 |
| 2016 | 2582 | 3251 |
| 2017 | 2790 | 3342 |
| 2018 | 2779 | 3479 |
| 2019 | 3503 | 4334 |
| 2020 | 3983 | 5042 |
| 2021 | 4267 | 5176 |
| 2022 | 4542 | 4947 |
| 2023 | 4490 | 4737 |
| 2024 | 4485 | 4408 |
| 2025 | 4376 | 4058 |
| 2026 | 2821 | 2992 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 21/62Protecting access to data via a platform37,126
- G06F 21/602Providing cryptographic facilities or services9,044
- G06F 21/64Protecting data integrity8,078
- G06F 21/606By securing the transmission between two devices or processes5,621
- G06F 21/604Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems4,756
Recent patents
- Access control interface for managing entities and permissions6 Oct 2026US 12,754,655 B2Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Systems and methods for region-specific sub-tokenization in cryptographic transaction processing6 Oct 2026US 12,754,690 B2Vannadium, Inc.
- Managing motherboard replacement at an information handling system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,741 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Obfuscating cryptographic material in memory6 Oct 2026US 12,754,854 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Memory controller, storage device including the same, and operating method of the memory controller6 Oct 2026US 12,754,855 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Ai-powered cognitive health assessment and management system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305997 A1Scienza Health, Inc.
- Powering breathing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306772 A1Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Steering control system and method for performing reprogramming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307716 A1Hl Mando Corporation
- Molecular encryption of dna-encoded data in microcompartments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308674 A1Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- System and method for an electronic signature device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310310 A1
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
- Database access method and system for user role defined access2,304US 6,732,100 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Interactive displays1,824US 9,283,054 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- System for supporting collaborative activity1,671US 8,082,301 B2Virtual Agility, Inc. · 2011
- Closure indicator systems for surgical instruments1,647US 9,445,813 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016