H04W 12/33
Using wearable devices
Official title: using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses
H04W12/33 (Using wearable devices) appears on 876 US grants and 1,159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 876
- Published applications
- 1,159
- Assignees
- 372
- Inventors
- 2,155
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 |
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| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
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| 2015 | 17 | 71 |
| 2016 | 26 | 142 |
| 2017 | 94 | 142 |
| 2018 | 101 | 133 |
| 2019 | 100 | 121 |
| 2020 | 111 | 109 |
| 2021 | 99 | 86 |
| 2022 | 62 | 73 |
| 2023 | 75 | 70 |
| 2024 | 72 | 57 |
| 2025 | 62 | 50 |
| 2026 | 19 | 27 |
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Recent patents
- Transparent authentication using biometric factors25 Aug 2026US 12,719,862 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Associating multiple user accounts with a content output device18 Aug 2026US 12,711,501 B2Apple Inc.
- Data encryption for a hearing device11 Aug 2026US 12,706,751 B2Sonova AG
- Smart wearable devices and system therefor11 Aug 2026US 12,707,264 B2
- Systems and methods for provisioning cryptographic digital assets for blockchain-secured retail products4 Aug 2026US 12,700,009 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Electronic device, method, and computer-readable medium for connecting to wearable device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255416 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Systems, Methods, and Devices for Authentication Management Across Device Constellations20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244727 A1Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Identity Verification System and Method Based on Hardware Sensing6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228315 A1ViewSonic International Corporation
- Utilizing passive wearable devices to capture device interaction data for supplementary authentication23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211987 A1Dell Products L. P.
- Portable device blocking and unblocking based on wearable device proximity9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197657 A1Visa International Service Association
Most cited
By later US patents
- Preauthorized wearable biometric device, system and method for use thereof481US 8,994,498 B2Bionym Inc. · 2015
- Smart device307US 9,849,364 B22017
- Systems and methods for a wearable user authentication factor300US 8,371,501 B1United Services Automobile Association (USAA) · 2013
- Selectively permitting or denying usage of wearable device services255US 9,473,509 B2International Business Machines Corporation · 2016
- Data processing systems for fulfilling data subject access requests and related methods253US 10,452,866 B2OneTrust, LLC · 2019