H04W 12/126
Anti-theft arrangements
Official title: Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
H04W12/126 (Anti-theft arrangements) appears on 1,264 US grants and 1,373 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 1,264
- Published applications
- 1,373
- Assignees
- 533
- Inventors
- 2,455
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 27 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Computer-implemented system and method for automatically managing digital records and credential-verified trust certificates of radio-connected electronic devices8 Sep 2026US 12,732,815 B1PrologMobile, Inc.
- Smart cart security with auditing18 Aug 2026US 12,711,285 B2NCR Voyix Corporation
- Detecting fraudulent SIM card activity while roaming outside a telecommunications network28 Jul 2026US 12,696,095 B2Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Systems and methods for executing electronic transactions using biometric data16 Jun 2026US 12,657,268 B2Worldpay, LLC
- Disablement and recovery for lost or stolen user device16 Jun 2026US 12,659,401 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Systems and methods for executing electronic transactions using secure identity data17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278059 A1Worldpay, LLC
- Vulnerability oriented configuration management10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270707 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Context aware vulnerability prioritization system using software bill of materials (sboms)10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270708 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Enhancements to e-SIM Transfer Operations20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246637 A1Apple Inc.
- System and method for threat detection and sim cloning in telecommunication monitoring infrastructure6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230830 A1Aviz Networks, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for controlling and securing mobile phones that are lost, stolen or misused786US 6,662,023 B1Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2003
- Continuous biometric authentication matrix646US 5,229,764 A1993
- System and method for monitoring and control of wireless modules linked to assets496US 7,027,808 B22006
- Photographic products and methods employing embedded information480US 5,822,436 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998
- Position determination for reducing unauthorized use of a communication system442US 5,835,857 ACelsat America, Inc. · 1998