G06F 21/76
In application-specific integrated circuits [asic] or field-programmable devices
Official title: in application-specific integrated circuits [ASIC] or field-programmable devices, e.g. field-programmable gate arrays [FPGA] or programmable logic devices [PLD]
G06F21/76 (In application-specific integrated circuits [asic] or field-programmable devices) appears on 724 US grants and 736 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 724
- Published applications
- 736
- Assignees
- 318
- Inventors
- 1,500
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | 6 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 10 |
| 2009 | 12 | 15 |
| 2010 | 25 | 6 |
| 2011 | 10 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 20 |
| 2013 | 20 | 16 |
| 2014 | 28 | 26 |
| 2015 | 37 | 26 |
| 2016 | 33 | 28 |
| 2017 | 34 | 39 |
| 2018 | 45 | 54 |
| 2019 | 38 | 74 |
| 2020 | 61 | 71 |
| 2021 | 62 | 84 |
| 2022 | 77 | 73 |
| 2023 | 62 | 45 |
| 2024 | 49 | 39 |
| 2025 | 48 | 31 |
| 2026 | 24 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Chip architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,746,888 B2Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
- Inline cryptographic engine for storage controllers25 Aug 2026US 12,717,935 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- System-on-chip and electronic device including the same25 Aug 2026US 12,717,975 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Security device with programmable systolic-matrix cryptographic module and programmable input/output interface18 Aug 2026US 12,711,281 B2Secturion Systems, Inc.
- Jitter applied detection for semiconductor secure element11 Aug 2026US 12,707,982 B2NXP B. V.
- Bioinformatics systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing secondary and/or tertiary processing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311811 A1Illumina, Inc.
- Radiation-hardened field-programmable gate arrays1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300076 A1Carnegie Mellon University
- Smart Data Routing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254754 A1Sitehop Ltd
- Detection and correction of errors using limited error correction data20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244530 A1Rambus Inc.
- Lock circuit and method for unlocking a device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236622 A1ams-OSRAM AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Programmable logic device with ferroelectric configuration memories279US 6,924,663 B2Fujitsu Limited · 2005
- FPGA customizable to accept selected macros136US 6,381,732 B1Xilinx, Inc. · 2002
- Intelligent data storage and processing using FPGA devices131US 8,095,508 B2Washington University · 2012
- Verifiable, leak-resistant encryption and decryption129US 8,386,800 B2Cryptography Research, Inc. · 2013
- Intellectual property protection in a programmable logic device114US 6,904,527 B1Xilinx, Inc. · 2005