G06F 21/71
To assure secure computing or processing of information
Official title: to assure secure computing or processing of information
G06F21/71 (To assure secure computing or processing of information) appears on 8,070 US grants and 9,200 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 8,070
- Published applications
- 9,200
- Assignees
- 2,032
- Inventors
- 14,277
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 42 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 34 |
| 2002 | 44 | 82 |
| 2003 | 43 | 123 |
| 2004 | 56 | 183 |
| 2005 | 56 | 203 |
| 2006 | 107 | 236 |
| 2007 | 123 | 229 |
| 2008 | 130 | 296 |
| 2009 | 157 | 256 |
| 2010 | 209 | 250 |
| 2011 | 183 | 259 |
| 2012 | 220 | 237 |
| 2013 | 312 | 305 |
| 2014 | 416 | 428 |
| 2015 | 403 | 422 |
| 2016 | 388 | 452 |
| 2017 | 389 | 451 |
| 2018 | 420 | 532 |
| 2019 | 505 | 605 |
| 2020 | 556 | 666 |
| 2021 | 563 | 711 |
| 2022 | 632 | 636 |
| 2023 | 587 | 549 |
| 2024 | 547 | 435 |
| 2025 | 466 | 373 |
| 2026 | 272 | 247 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06F 21/72In cryptographic circuits2,511
- G06F 21/74Operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode1,842
- G06F 21/73By creating or determining hardware identification1,458
- G06F 21/75By inhibiting the analysis of circuitry or operation1,064
- G06F 21/76In application-specific integrated circuits [asic] or field-programmable devices724
- G06F 21/77In smart cards487
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for encrypting files for application-level data protection in secure enclaves6 Oct 2026US 12,755,030 B1Anjuna Security, Inc.
- Secret multiple repetition calculation apparatus, method and program6 Oct 2026US 12,755,058 B2NTT, Inc.
- Protection of a circuit design within a design container6 Oct 2026US 12,755,059 B2Xilinx, Inc.
- Chip architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,746,888 B2Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
- Scalable detection of hardware Trojans using ATPG-based activation of rare events29 Sep 2026US 12,748,857 B2University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Cryptoagile Network Management8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310830 A1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Methods and systems for determining the authenticity of a component8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310831 A1Lexmark International, Inc.
- Method of fabricating physically unclonable function (puf) device and method of generating random bits by using puf device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310832 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Bioinformatics systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing secondary and/or tertiary processing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311811 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Semiconductor device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299982 A1Renesas Electronics Corporation
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
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,156US 5,910,987 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- System for controlling access and distribution of digital property1,018US 5,933,498 AMRJ, Inc. · 1999
- Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution944US 6,185,683 B2Intertrust Technologies Corporation · 2001