G06F 21/78
To assure secure storage of data
Official title: to assure secure storage of data (address-based protection against unauthorised use of memory G06F12/14; record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00)
G06F21/78 (To assure secure storage of data) appears on 6,645 US grants and 7,608 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 6,645
- Published applications
- 7,608
- Assignees
- 1,587
- Inventors
- 11,118
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 38 | 0 |
| 1998 | 41 | 0 |
| 1999 | 50 | 0 |
| 2000 | 41 | 0 |
| 2001 | 69 | 35 |
| 2002 | 59 | 121 |
| 2003 | 69 | 171 |
| 2004 | 94 | 227 |
| 2005 | 79 | 310 |
| 2006 | 177 | 310 |
| 2007 | 170 | 337 |
| 2008 | 193 | 413 |
| 2009 | 190 | 313 |
| 2010 | 233 | 290 |
| 2011 | 250 | 265 |
| 2012 | 232 | 244 |
| 2013 | 261 | 253 |
| 2014 | 334 | 282 |
| 2015 | 354 | 259 |
| 2016 | 285 | 292 |
| 2017 | 268 | 280 |
| 2018 | 233 | 287 |
| 2019 | 288 | 378 |
| 2020 | 356 | 436 |
| 2021 | 354 | 485 |
| 2022 | 432 | 528 |
| 2023 | 453 | 362 |
| 2024 | 392 | 283 |
| 2025 | 328 | 283 |
| 2026 | 179 | 164 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Managing motherboard replacement at an information handling system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,741 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Memory controller, storage device including the same, and operating method of the memory controller6 Oct 2026US 12,754,855 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for encrypting files for application-level data protection in secure enclaves6 Oct 2026US 12,755,030 B1Anjuna Security, Inc.
- Enabling RDMA client and server resource isolation in a connectionless environment6 Oct 2026US 12,755,032 B2Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Memory systems and devices including examples of generating access codes for memory regions using authentication logic6 Oct 2026US 12,755,060 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Soft wipe of data storage media8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310800 A1Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc.
- Secure Backup Method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310802 A1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Non-Disruptive Self-Encrypting-Drive Encryption Key Switching8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310833 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Portable Data Center Hardcase with Convertible Lid System and Integrated Pole Mounting1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299653 A1HiveRadar Inc.
- Debug and recovery operations for non-removable memory sub-systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300071 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
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
- 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
- Authentication and authorization methods for cloud computing security785US 8,769,622 B2International Business Machines Corporation · 2014
- Method and apparatus for protecting material on storage media and for transferring material on storage media to various recipients664US 5,191,611 A1993
- Secure storage access using third party capability tokens560US 8,042,163 B1Symatec Operating Corporation · 2011