H04L 9/32
Including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of
Official title: including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system {or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials}
H04L9/32 (Including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of) appears on 42,044 US grants and 51,442 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 42,044
- Published applications
- 51,442
- Assignees
- 9,139
- Inventors
- 61,915
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 55 | 0 |
| 1995 | 44 | 0 |
| 1996 | 63 | 0 |
| 1997 | 82 | 0 |
| 1998 | 108 | 0 |
| 1999 | 122 | 0 |
| 2000 | 142 | 0 |
| 2001 | 124 | 84 |
| 2002 | 85 | 352 |
| 2003 | 81 | 372 |
| 2004 | 111 | 421 |
| 2005 | 199 | 699 |
| 2006 | 325 | 770 |
| 2007 | 341 | 889 |
| 2008 | 367 | 1039 |
| 2009 | 448 | 1028 |
| 2010 | 692 | 1116 |
| 2011 | 697 | 1026 |
| 2012 | 957 | 1080 |
| 2013 | 1214 | 1265 |
| 2014 | 1550 | 1277 |
| 2015 | 1439 | 1526 |
| 2016 | 1465 | 1764 |
| 2017 | 1644 | 2224 |
| 2018 | 1731 | 2807 |
| 2019 | 2388 | 3968 |
| 2020 | 3310 | 5274 |
| 2021 | 3914 | 4953 |
| 2022 | 4329 | 4135 |
| 2023 | 3981 | 3864 |
| 2024 | 3987 | 3803 |
| 2025 | 3644 | 3173 |
| 2026 | 2211 | 2533 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04L 9/3236Using cryptographic hash functions15,350
- H04L 9/3247Involving digital signatures14,214
- H04L 9/3226Using a predetermined code8,342
- H04L 9/3263Involving certificates7,886
- H04L 9/321Involving a third party or a trusted authority6,527
- H04L 9/3271Using challenge-response5,655
- H04L 9/3234Involving additional secure or trusted devices3,047
- H04L 9/3297Involving time stamps3,018
All 10 subgroupsShow fewer
Recent patents
- Cloud-based keyless entry system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,736 B2Red Hat, Inc.
- Systems and methods for region-specific sub-tokenization in cryptographic transaction processing6 Oct 2026US 12,754,690 B2Vannadium, Inc.
- Self-defending computing device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,009 B2Bank of America Corporation
- Methods to ensure trust validation and integrity of workflow execution6 Oct 2026US 12,755,019 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Blockchain-based anonymous trusted voting method, apparatus and related device6 Oct 2026US 12,755,028 B2Guizhou Power Grid Company Limited
- Systems and methods for authenticating users to access data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310814 A1Stripe, Inc.
- Computing technologies for privacy-preserving service of data based on zero-knowledge proofs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310822 A1Datasent, Inc.
- Privacy protection system and method, medium, and device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312788 A1Advanced Nova Technologies (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd.
- Data migration using an orchestrator generated data migration transcript with trustee as a service8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312791 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Centralized authorization for secure shell access8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312792 A1CyberArk Software Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for the secure distributed storage and retrieval of information1,561US 5,991,414 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1999
- Method and apparatus for the secure distributed storage and retrieval of information1,551US 6,192,472 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2001
- System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works1,495US 5,629,980 AXerox Corporation · 1997
- Secure online music distribution system1,448US 6,385,596 B1Liquid Audio, Inc. · 2002
- Rechargeable battery pack and operating system1,445US 7,941,865 B2Black & Decker Inc. · 2011