H04W 12/50
Secure pairing of devices
H04W12/50 (Secure pairing of devices) appears on 3,879 US grants and 5,008 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 3,879
- Published applications
- 5,008
- Assignees
- 1,335
- Inventors
- 8,338
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 37 |
| 2004 | 4 | 51 |
| 2005 | 6 | 42 |
| 2006 | 15 | 75 |
| 2007 | 27 | 90 |
| 2008 | 33 | 90 |
| 2009 | 27 | 66 |
| 2010 | 52 | 55 |
| 2011 | 72 | 103 |
| 2012 | 70 | 89 |
| 2013 | 112 | 159 |
| 2014 | 145 | 267 |
| 2015 | 176 | 316 |
| 2016 | 233 | 412 |
| 2017 | 296 | 300 |
| 2018 | 272 | 283 |
| 2019 | 287 | 346 |
| 2020 | 320 | 373 |
| 2021 | 301 | 352 |
| 2022 | 325 | 391 |
| 2023 | 323 | 382 |
| 2024 | 301 | 298 |
| 2025 | 317 | 252 |
| 2026 | 159 | 167 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Digital key pairing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,757,026 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Authentication hardening with proof of proximity over local connection29 Sep 2026US 12,750,673 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Secure communication for commissioning and decommissioning circuit breakers and panel system29 Sep 2026US 12,750,674 B2Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Systems and methods for customizable user experience with shareable devices29 Sep 2026US 12,750,675 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Systems and methods for securely pairing a transmitting device with a receiving device22 Sep 2026US 12,745,075 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Network security systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312999 A1Intertrust Technologies Corporation
- Information processing system, communication device, and processing method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313720 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Gimbal Emulator Assembly1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299580 A1
- System and method for high-volume reading and processing of nfc tags1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300670 A1PACKAGING INNOVATION S. de R. L.
- Method, Configuration Program, Administration Program Dataset, computer-readable Data Carrier, as well as Server Device adapted for opening a Communication Channel to a Secure Element of a User Device, and Same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304132 A1Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security Germany GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Secure communication architecture for medical devices493US 9,980,140 B1Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. · 2018
- Patient-worn wireless physiological sensor with pairing functionality488US 10,721,785 B2Masimo Corporation · 2020
- Method and apparatus for privacy and authentication in wireless networks463US 5,371,794 ASun Microsystems, Inc. · 1994
- Simplified configuration and security for networked wireless devices439US 7,356,011 B1Jatotech Affiliates, L.P. · 2008
- Docking system and method using near field communication432US 9,258,033 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2016