G06F 21/83
Input devices
Official title: input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof
G06F21/83 (Input devices) appears on 1,179 US grants and 1,393 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,179
- Published applications
- 1,393
- Assignees
- 580
- Inventors
- 2,769
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 7 |
| 2002 | 10 | 31 |
| 2003 | 17 | 18 |
| 2004 | 5 | 31 |
| 2005 | 16 | 38 |
| 2006 | 16 | 23 |
| 2007 | 18 | 55 |
| 2008 | 20 | 52 |
| 2009 | 17 | 60 |
| 2010 | 34 | 58 |
| 2011 | 24 | 67 |
| 2012 | 50 | 63 |
| 2013 | 50 | 57 |
| 2014 | 69 | 95 |
| 2015 | 59 | 73 |
| 2016 | 86 | 88 |
| 2017 | 71 | 72 |
| 2018 | 62 | 85 |
| 2019 | 89 | 91 |
| 2020 | 85 | 77 |
| 2021 | 67 | 66 |
| 2022 | 54 | 55 |
| 2023 | 34 | 42 |
| 2024 | 45 | 37 |
| 2025 | 40 | 27 |
| 2026 | 28 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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.
- Information handling system secure keyboard with collapsible keys at a numberpad area22 Sep 2026US 12,743,556 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Control circuit, electronic device, hardware security protection method, and storage medium25 Aug 2026US 12,717,976 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Wearable electronic device with hardware secured camera8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313223 A1Snap Inc.
- Device having a camera overlaid by display24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290283 A1Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Device configuration method, electronic apparatus and computer-readable storage medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267659 A1Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Seamless and secure cloud to computer pointer relay10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268029 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Privacy controls for cameras in healthcare environments13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238880 A1Stryker Corporation
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- Unforgeable personal identification system1,065US 4,993,068 AMotorola, Inc. · 1991
- Tokenless biometric ATM access system860US 5,764,789 ASmartTouch, Inc. · 1998
- Tokenless biometric transaction authorization method and system668US 5,870,723 A1999