G06K 19/10

At least one kind of marking being used for authentication

Official title: at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards (verification of coded identity or credit cards in mechanisms actuated by them G07F7/12)

G06K19/10 (At least one kind of marking being used for authentication) appears on 1,563 US grants and 1,130 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,563
Published applications: 1,130
Assignees: 679
Inventors: 2,238
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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G06K 19/10: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	8	0
1977	10	0
1978	18	0
1979	16	0
1980	17	0
1981	15	0
1982	6	0
1983	10	0
1984	17	0
1985	25	0
1986	20	0
1987	42	0
1988	27	0
1989	32	0
1990	19	0
1991	21	0
1992	17	0
1993	22	0
1994	21	0
1995	28	0
1996	23	0
1997	18	0
1998	34	0
1999	35	0
2000	35	0
2001	44	18
2002	35	56
2003	42	68
2004	47	68
2005	38	71
2006	53	51
2007	29	52
2008	44	47
2009	34	43
2010	48	37
2011	44	51
2012	42	27
2013	40	24
2014	29	34
2015	37	43
2016	31	30
2017	34	72
2018	48	57
2019	64	68
2020	51	37
2021	45	55
2022	34	34
2023	41	37
2024	34	26
2025	25	15
2026	14	9

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