H04W 12/71
Hardware identity
H04W12/71 (Hardware identity) appears on 1,713 US grants and 2,043 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04W- Granted patents
- 1,713
- Published applications
- 2,043
- Assignees
- 804
- Inventors
- 3,884
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 4 |
| 2002 | 8 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 24 |
| 2006 | 5 | 25 |
| 2007 | 9 | 23 |
| 2008 | 8 | 19 |
| 2009 | 22 | 23 |
| 2010 | 10 | 22 |
| 2011 | 11 | 17 |
| 2012 | 20 | 28 |
| 2013 | 27 | 44 |
| 2014 | 44 | 86 |
| 2015 | 71 | 102 |
| 2016 | 88 | 121 |
| 2017 | 92 | 111 |
| 2018 | 100 | 109 |
| 2019 | 111 | 141 |
| 2020 | 126 | 156 |
| 2021 | 145 | 211 |
| 2022 | 163 | 219 |
| 2023 | 198 | 188 |
| 2024 | 151 | 135 |
| 2025 | 162 | 123 |
| 2026 | 80 | 80 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- System and method for providing preferential connectivity to wi-fi networks8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313378 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
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- Identifying devices within transmissions within a sensing network24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292515 A1Cognitive Systems Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Secure communication architecture for medical devices493US 9,980,140 B1Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. · 2018
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- Method and apparatus for exclusively pairing wireless devices349US 6,772,331 B1International Business Machines Corporation · 2004
- Method of using fingerprints to authenticate wireless communications322US 6,219,793 B1Hush Co., Ltd. · 2001
- System and method for fraud monitoring, detection, and tiered user authentication300US 7,908,645 B2Oracle International Corporation · 2011