G06F 21/88
Detecting or preventing theft or loss
G06F21/88 (Detecting or preventing theft or loss) appears on 1,338 US grants and 1,565 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 1,338
- Published applications
- 1,565
- Assignees
- 566
- Inventors
- 2,755
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 19 |
| 2003 | 12 | 20 |
| 2004 | 11 | 29 |
| 2005 | 10 | 53 |
| 2006 | 28 | 63 |
| 2007 | 19 | 48 |
| 2008 | 17 | 85 |
| 2009 | 36 | 73 |
| 2010 | 41 | 76 |
| 2011 | 38 | 50 |
| 2012 | 61 | 60 |
| 2013 | 64 | 68 |
| 2014 | 91 | 97 |
| 2015 | 77 | 77 |
| 2016 | 88 | 120 |
| 2017 | 103 | 94 |
| 2018 | 87 | 71 |
| 2019 | 83 | 83 |
| 2020 | 79 | 87 |
| 2021 | 65 | 80 |
| 2022 | 80 | 69 |
| 2023 | 66 | 43 |
| 2024 | 45 | 37 |
| 2025 | 45 | 28 |
| 2026 | 18 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device-based anti-theft and recovery system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,898 B1Google Inc.
- Anti-tamper device15 Sep 2026US 12,737,506 B2Sercomm Corporation
- Hybrid storage facility25 Aug 2026US 12,715,696 B2Grey Orange Inc.
- Systems, methods and devices for sensor-based computer locking25 Aug 2026US 12,717,978 B2
- Smart cart security with auditing18 Aug 2026US 12,711,285 B2NCR Voyix Corporation
- Tamper detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310834 A1
- Device-based anti-theft and recovery system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300561 A1Google Inc.
- Out-of-band data security management24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288946 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Detection and correction of errors using limited error correction data20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244530 A1Rambus Inc.
- Physical intrusion detection module13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236623 A1Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device security system557US 5,748,084 A1998
- RFID tagging system for network assets309US 5,949,335 ASensormatic Electronics Corporation · 1999
- Techniques for managing unsynchronized content items at unlinked devices308US 9,749,408 B2Dropbox, Inc. · 2017
- Apparatus and method for monitoring electronic devices via a global network293US 6,244,758 B1Absolute Software Corporation · 2001
- System for remotely securing/locking a stolen wireless device via an Email message261US 5,987,609 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1999