G06F 21/645
Using a third party
Official title: {using a third party}
G06F21/645 (Using a third party) appears on 1,080 US grants and 1,347 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,080
- Published applications
- 1,347
- Assignees
- 553
- Inventors
- 2,531
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 21 |
| 2003 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | 0 | 25 |
| 2005 | 6 | 26 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16 |
| 2007 | 10 | 26 |
| 2008 | 11 | 17 |
| 2009 | 10 | 23 |
| 2010 | 25 | 29 |
| 2011 | 19 | 14 |
| 2012 | 25 | 20 |
| 2013 | 22 | 32 |
| 2014 | 36 | 29 |
| 2015 | 28 | 35 |
| 2016 | 38 | 48 |
| 2017 | 36 | 82 |
| 2018 | 55 | 61 |
| 2019 | 72 | 133 |
| 2020 | 73 | 140 |
| 2021 | 109 | 144 |
| 2022 | 122 | 137 |
| 2023 | 118 | 95 |
| 2024 | 105 | 94 |
| 2025 | 101 | 59 |
| 2026 | 37 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Secure file sharing method and system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280877 A1Security First Innovations, LLC
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for witnessed authentication of electronic documents398US 5,872,848 AArcanvs · 1999
- Method and apparatus for authenticating on-line transaction data390US 6,018,724 ASun Micorsystems, Inc. · 2000
- Secure interactive electronic vault with dynamic access controls347US 9,760,697 B1InteracVAULT Inc. · 2017
- Biometric-based system and method for enabling authentication of electronic messages sent over a network340US 7,689,832 B2SentryCom Ltd. · 2010
- Systems and methods for testing online systems and content329US 9,521,166 B2AOL Inc. · 2016