G06F 21/85
Interconnection devices
Official title: interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices
G06F21/85 (Interconnection devices) appears on 1,924 US grants and 2,278 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,924
- Published applications
- 2,278
- Assignees
- 839
- Inventors
- 4,260
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 | 22 |
| 2003 | 11 | 46 |
| 2004 | 16 | 37 |
| 2005 | 9 | 57 |
| 2006 | 32 | 73 |
| 2007 | 34 | 87 |
| 2008 | 34 | 90 |
| 2009 | 30 | 63 |
| 2010 | 64 | 73 |
| 2011 | 53 | 75 |
| 2012 | 67 | 67 |
| 2013 | 97 | 87 |
| 2014 | 96 | 92 |
| 2015 | 92 | 89 |
| 2016 | 75 | 126 |
| 2017 | 100 | 100 |
| 2018 | 103 | 130 |
| 2019 | 95 | 135 |
| 2020 | 122 | 132 |
| 2021 | 127 | 194 |
| 2022 | 146 | 144 |
| 2023 | 135 | 127 |
| 2024 | 129 | 102 |
| 2025 | 114 | 73 |
| 2026 | 59 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Technologies for trusted I/O with a channel identifier filter and processor-based cryptographic engine15 Sep 2026US 12,737,480 B2Intel Corporation
- Inline cryptographic engine for storage controllers25 Aug 2026US 12,717,935 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method for verifying the authenticity of an actuator command11 Aug 2026US 12,705,332 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Detection of malicious direct memory access device used for direct device assignment11 Aug 2026US 12,705,340 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Secure access to memory in an integrated circuit4 Aug 2026US 12,699,788 B2Marvell Israel (M. I. S. L.) Ltd.
- Subsystem for Power Management with Multiple Central Transponders1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299670 A1Apple Inc.
- Data processing system for trusted computing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300560 A1MUSE Electronics GmbH
- De-Sequencing Encoded Data Slices via a Storage Network24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288583 A1Everpure, Inc.
- Methods and systems for communicating data on an electronic device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288931 A1Lexmark International, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to prevent a false disconnection in universal serial bus devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289024 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Securing networks against spear phishing attacks339US 8,990,933 B1Intuit Inc. · 2015
- Video game system using memory module316US 6,022,274 ANintendo Co., Ltd. · 2000
- System and method for performing secure device communications in a peer-to-peer bus architecture314US 6,061,794 ACompaq Computer Corporation · 2000
- Method and system for configurable network intrusion detection298US 7,243,371 B1Cisco Technology, Inc. · 2007
- Techniques for self-isolation of networked devices293US 7,441,272 B2Intel Corporation · 2008