G07C 9/257
Electronically
Official title: {electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence)}
G07C9/257 (Electronically) appears on 1,494 US grants and 1,903 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G07C- Granted patents
- 1,494
- Published applications
- 1,903
- Assignees
- 726
- Inventors
- 2,778
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 10 |
| 2002 | 21 | 60 |
| 2003 | 16 | 76 |
| 2004 | 23 | 87 |
| 2005 | 36 | 91 |
| 2006 | 46 | 140 |
| 2007 | 41 | 119 |
| 2008 | 46 | 122 |
| 2009 | 54 | 72 |
| 2010 | 69 | 56 |
| 2011 | 63 | 37 |
| 2012 | 54 | 41 |
| 2013 | 50 | 45 |
| 2014 | 51 | 50 |
| 2015 | 31 | 48 |
| 2016 | 52 | 73 |
| 2017 | 51 | 72 |
| 2018 | 84 | 96 |
| 2019 | 72 | 100 |
| 2020 | 91 | 100 |
| 2021 | 76 | 95 |
| 2022 | 77 | 102 |
| 2023 | 73 | 79 |
| 2024 | 79 | 65 |
| 2025 | 59 | 41 |
| 2026 | 23 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Physical access control systems and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290101 A1HID Global Corporation
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By later US patents
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- System and method to automatically discriminate between different data types546US 8,636,224 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Method for biometric-based authentication in wireless communication for access control536US 6,819,219 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2004