G06F 21/86
Secure or tamper-resistant housings
G06F21/86 (Secure or tamper-resistant housings) appears on 2,100 US grants and 2,197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 2,100
- Published applications
- 2,197
- Assignees
- 652
- Inventors
- 2,938
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 16 |
| 2002 | 39 | 33 |
| 2003 | 33 | 43 |
| 2004 | 34 | 102 |
| 2005 | 46 | 147 |
| 2006 | 96 | 90 |
| 2007 | 75 | 91 |
| 2008 | 73 | 103 |
| 2009 | 81 | 112 |
| 2010 | 93 | 94 |
| 2011 | 101 | 61 |
| 2012 | 58 | 56 |
| 2013 | 57 | 103 |
| 2014 | 79 | 97 |
| 2015 | 114 | 79 |
| 2016 | 90 | 87 |
| 2017 | 88 | 86 |
| 2018 | 94 | 119 |
| 2019 | 116 | 113 |
| 2020 | 111 | 118 |
| 2021 | 85 | 104 |
| 2022 | 94 | 79 |
| 2023 | 93 | 101 |
| 2024 | 87 | 65 |
| 2025 | 71 | 56 |
| 2026 | 48 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Physically unclonable function device29 Sep 2026US 12,750,246 B2TTP Plc
- Tamper-detect assemblies including heat sink covers with integrated tamper-detect circuitry29 Sep 2026US 12,750,949 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Secure module, electronic payment terminal, corresponding detection method22 Sep 2026US 12,743,558 B2Banks and Acquirers International Holding
- Tamper proof transportation device22 Sep 2026US 12,743,559 B2University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation
- Using a secure enclave to satisfy retention and expungement requirements with respect to private data8 Sep 2026US 12,730,930 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Data logging device including multiple sensors and multiple modes of operation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311585 A1Axzon Inc.
- Security of physical account cards24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289025 A1Apple Inc.
- Secured charger device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278056 A166 Protect Pty Ltd
- Tamper protecton17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278179 A1
- A device for secure storage of data17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278180 A1
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
- Tamper respondent system1,284US 7,787,256 B2Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc. · 2010
- Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection1,270US 5,982,891 AIntertrust Technologies Corporation · 1999
- Tokenless identification system for authorization of electronic transactions and electronic transmissions1,201US 5,613,012 ASmartTouch, Inc. · 1997
- Tamper resistant module with logical elements arranged on a substrate to protect information stored in the same module1,198US 5,309,387 A1994