G06F 21/6218
To a system of files or objects
Official title: {to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database}
G06F21/6218 (To a system of files or objects) appears on 29,368 US grants and 35,963 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 29,368
- Published applications
- 35,963
- Assignees
- 6,921
- Inventors
- 56,974
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 54 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 63 | 0 |
| 2001 | 71 | 83 |
| 2002 | 82 | 304 |
| 2003 | 81 | 332 |
| 2004 | 108 | 389 |
| 2005 | 110 | 503 |
| 2006 | 197 | 596 |
| 2007 | 203 | 653 |
| 2008 | 255 | 708 |
| 2009 | 335 | 671 |
| 2010 | 513 | 706 |
| 2011 | 548 | 760 |
| 2012 | 624 | 807 |
| 2013 | 828 | 1062 |
| 2014 | 1116 | 1310 |
| 2015 | 1277 | 1516 |
| 2016 | 1379 | 1880 |
| 2017 | 1517 | 1893 |
| 2018 | 1556 | 1944 |
| 2019 | 1945 | 2402 |
| 2020 | 2234 | 2687 |
| 2021 | 2357 | 2867 |
| 2022 | 2507 | 2739 |
| 2023 | 2557 | 2653 |
| 2024 | 2571 | 2421 |
| 2025 | 2476 | 2339 |
| 2026 | 1621 | 1738 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 21/6245Protecting personal data12,960
- G06F 21/6227Where protection concerns the structure of data4,083
- G06F 21/6281At program execution time, where the protection is within the operating system805
- G06F 21/6272By registering files or documents with a third party688
- G06F 21/6236Between heterogeneous systems634
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.
- Techniques for deterministically routing database requests to database servers6 Oct 2026US 12,754,881 B2Apple Inc.
- Techniques for exfiltration telemetry6 Oct 2026US 12,754,882 B1Kiken Technologies, LLC
- Digital identity sign-in6 Oct 2026US 12,754,983 B2Early Warning Services, LLC
- 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
- Access control tower8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310332 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Access control interface for managing entities and permissions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310333 A1Wells Fargo Bank, N. A.
- Ethernet-attached ssd for automotive applications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310613 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Database access method and system for user role defined access2,304US 6,732,100 B1Siebel Systems, Inc. · 2004
- System for supporting collaborative activity1,671US 8,082,301 B2Virtual Agility, Inc. · 2011
- Data security system and method for separation of user communities1,552US 7,140,044 B2Digital Doors, Inc. · 2006
- Internet server access control and monitoring systems1,394US 5,708,780 AOpen Market, Inc. · 1998
- Method and system for controlling access share storage devices in a network environment by configuring host-to-volume mapping data structures in the controller memory for granting and denying access to the devices1,315US 6,343,324 B12002