H04W 12/00
Security arrangements
Official title: Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
H04W12/00 (Security arrangements) appears on 48,662 US grants and 60,174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 48,662
- Published applications
- 60,174
- Assignees
- 8,446
- Inventors
- 69,326
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 23 | 0 |
| 1996 | 44 | 0 |
| 1997 | 44 | 0 |
| 1998 | 72 | 0 |
| 1999 | 92 | 0 |
| 2000 | 106 | 0 |
| 2001 | 98 | 65 |
| 2002 | 98 | 285 |
| 2003 | 92 | 464 |
| 2004 | 127 | 606 |
| 2005 | 164 | 721 |
| 2006 | 278 | 849 |
| 2007 | 334 | 984 |
| 2008 | 392 | 1140 |
| 2009 | 501 | 1099 |
| 2010 | 632 | 1190 |
| 2011 | 809 | 1331 |
| 2012 | 1111 | 1663 |
| 2013 | 1522 | 2159 |
| 2014 | 2121 | 2956 |
| 2015 | 2496 | 3426 |
| 2016 | 2911 | 4023 |
| 2017 | 3407 | 4067 |
| 2018 | 3429 | 3879 |
| 2019 | 3834 | 4182 |
| 2020 | 4066 | 4484 |
| 2021 | 3837 | 4187 |
| 2022 | 3712 | 4206 |
| 2023 | 3708 | 3702 |
| 2024 | 3535 | 3302 |
| 2025 | 3186 | 2957 |
| 2026 | 1817 | 2247 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04W 12/06Authentication25,003
- H04W 12/08Access security14,471
- H04W 12/60Context-dependent security11,949
- H04W 12/04Key management8,525
- H04W 12/03Protecting confidentiality6,105
- H04W 12/12Detection or prevention of fraud5,870
- H04W 12/02Protecting privacy or anonymity5,248
- H04W 12/30Security of mobile devices5,031
Recent patents
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- Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Self-Executing Enhanced Interaction with a Node-based Logistics Receptacle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311111 A1Federal Express Corporation
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- Advertising method and device based on various packet formats in ultra-wideband wireless network system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311159 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Independent sequence processing to facilitate security between nodes in wireless networks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312619 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Identity-based wireless device configuration1,202US 7,346,344 B2AOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company · 2008
- Wireless communications apparatus and method1,036US 7,146,191 B2United States Thermoelectric Consortium · 2006
- Methods and entities using IPSec ESP to support security functionality for UDP-based traffic1,019US 8,639,936 B2Alcatel Lucent · 2014
- Method for collecting data using compact internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)932US 6,735,630 B1Sensoria Corporation · 2004
- IP-flow classification in a wireless point to multi-point (PTMP) transmission system910US 6,452,915 B1Malibu Networks, Inc. · 2002