G06F 21/82
Protecting input, output or interconnection devices
G06F21/82 (Protecting input, output or interconnection devices) appears on 4,820 US grants and 5,787 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 4,820
- Published applications
- 5,787
- Assignees
- 1,710
- Inventors
- 10,849
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 39 | 0 |
| 2000 | 43 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 24 |
| 2002 | 27 | 69 |
| 2003 | 38 | 97 |
| 2004 | 28 | 94 |
| 2005 | 29 | 149 |
| 2006 | 71 | 174 |
| 2007 | 73 | 175 |
| 2008 | 76 | 194 |
| 2009 | 68 | 195 |
| 2010 | 140 | 181 |
| 2011 | 120 | 185 |
| 2012 | 168 | 179 |
| 2013 | 198 | 207 |
| 2014 | 224 | 265 |
| 2015 | 218 | 256 |
| 2016 | 232 | 319 |
| 2017 | 274 | 286 |
| 2018 | 255 | 338 |
| 2019 | 304 | 357 |
| 2020 | 332 | 346 |
| 2021 | 316 | 451 |
| 2022 | 351 | 370 |
| 2023 | 298 | 302 |
| 2024 | 303 | 244 |
| 2025 | 264 | 197 |
| 2026 | 143 | 133 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Information processing system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,061 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Protection against USB hid automation attacks6 Oct 2026US 12,755,062 B2Dell Products L. P.
- System and method for preventing recorded voice access to an information handling system using a contextual engine6 Oct 2026US 12,755,063 B2Dell Products L. P.
- System and method for dynamic privacy filter29 Sep 2026US 12,748,897 B2Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Ambulatory medical device with malfunction alert prioritization22 Sep 2026US 12,743,269 B2Beta Bionics, Inc.
- Adaptive comprehension enhancement system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311511 A1inFormed Consent LLC
- Wearable electronic device with hardware secured camera8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313223 A1Snap Inc.
- Subsystem for Power Management with Multiple Central Transponders1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299670 A1Apple Inc.
- Method of Displaying Content On A Screen Of An Electronic Processing Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300457 A1Yeo Messaging Ltd.
- Secure equipment access with screen monitoring enforcement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300519 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Software-based method for gaining privacy by affecting the screen of a computing device1,227US 7,779,475 B2PetNote LLC · 2010
- Conductive tamper switch for security devices1,207US 7,388,484 B2Honeywell International Inc. · 2008
- Tokenless identification system for authorization of electronic transactions and electronic transmissions1,201US 5,613,012 ASmartTouch, Inc. · 1997
- Unforgeable personal identification system1,065US 4,993,068 AMotorola, Inc. · 1991
- Tokenless biometric ATM access system860US 5,764,789 ASmartTouch, Inc. · 1998