Cybersecurity Patent Application Trends 2024

Cybersecurity patent applications in 2024

Top Technology Areas in Cybersecurity

Top CPC Codes

• G06F21/602 ({Providing cryptographic facilities or services})
  • Count: 85 patents
  • Example: 20240232391. USING INQ TO OPTIMIZE END-TO-END ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT WITH BACKUP APPLIANCES simplified abstract (EMC IP Holding Company LLC)
• H04L9/008 ({involving homomorphic encryption})
  • Count: 70 patents
  • Example: 20240235809. METHOD FOR HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION OR DECRYPTION IN CONSIDERATION OF SPATIAL COMPLEXITY simplified abstract (CRYPTO LAB INC.)
• H04L63/20 ({for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies)
  • Count: 66 patents
  • Example: 20240236043. Signature reporting system and method simplified abstract (Sophos Limited)
• H04L63/0428 ({wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload})
  • Count: 64 patents
  • Example: 20240236053. SECURE INTERFACES FOR NEURAL DEVICES simplified abstract (PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE CORPORATION)
• H04L63/1416 ({Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection})
  • Count: 62 patents
  • Example: 20240236120. MANAGING AND DEPLOYING CUSTOM INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM SIGNATURE POLICIES simplified abstract (Visa International Service Association)
• H04L9/14 (using a plurality of keys or algorithms)
  • Count: 60 patents
  • Example: 20240235821. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A NETWORKED SYSTEM TO PERFORM THRESHOLD MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION simplified abstract (PayPal, Inc.)
• H04L63/1425 ({Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection})
  • Count: 54 patents
  • Example: 20240236055. METHOD FOR SECURE NETWORK COMMUNICATION AND SYSTEM THEREOF simplified abstract (SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.)
• H04L63/1433 ({Vulnerability analysis})
  • Count: 44 patents
  • Example: 20240232767. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INFORMATION SECURITY EFFECTIVENESS simplified abstract (RiskRecon Inc.)
• H04L9/0618 ({Block ciphers, i.e. encrypting groups of characters of a plain text message using fixed encryption transformation})
  • Count: 39 patents
  • Example: 20240235810. CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSOR FOR FULLY HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION (FHE) APPLICATIONS simplified abstract (THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)
• H04L9/0825 ({using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates})
  • Count: 38 patents
  • Example: 20240235820. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING KEYS FOR ENCRYPTION AND/OR DECRYPTION simplified abstract (Marvell Asia Pte Ltd)

Top Companies in Cybersecurity

Intel Corporation

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 36
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F12/1408 ({by using cryptography (for digital transmission): 8 patents
  • H04L9/008 ({involving homomorphic encryption}): 7 patents
  • G06F21/602 ({Providing cryptographic facilities or services}): 6 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240031140. EFFICIENT LOW-OVERHEAD SIDE-CHANNEL PROTECTION FOR POLYNOMIAL MULTIPLICATION IN POST-QUANTUM ENCRYPTION simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240125)
  • 20240045709. SCALABLE VIRTUAL MACHINE OPERATION INSIDE TRUST DOMAINS WITHIN THE TRUST DOMAIN ARCHITECTURE simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240208)
  • 20240048543. ENCRYPTION ACCELERATION FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION PACKETS simplified abstract (Intel Corporation) (20240208)

Capital One Services, LLC

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 16
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L9/0825 ({using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates}): 3 patents
  • G06Q2220/00 (Business processing using cryptography (postage metering system using cryptography): 3 patents
  • H04L9/0894 ({Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage}): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240039946. CYBERSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION TOOL simplified abstract (Capital One Services, LLC) (20240201)
  • 20240193302. SELF-SERVICE LENDER PORTAL simplified abstract (Capital One Services, LLC) (20240613)
  • 20240046266. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC CONTEXT-SWITCHING AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN WEBSITE AND MOBILE DEVICE simplified abstract (Capital One Services, LLC) (20240208)

Wiz, Inc.

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 16
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L63/1416 ({Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection}): 5 patents
  • G06F21/554 ({involving event detection and direct action}): 2 patents
  • G06F21/53 (by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240086524. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGENTLESS HOST CONFIGURATION DETECTION IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract (Wiz, Inc.) (20240314)
  • 20240089272. DETECTION OF CYBERSECURITY THREATS UTILIZING ESTABLISHED BASELINES simplified abstract (Wiz, Inc.) (20240314)
  • 20240048566. LATERAL MOVEMENT ANALYSIS USING CERTIFICATE PRIVATE KEYS simplified abstract (Wiz, Inc.) (20240208)

Dell Products L.P.

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 15
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F21/602 ({Providing cryptographic facilities or services}): 8 patents
  • G06F21/6218 ({to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database}): 3 patents
  • G06F21/78 (to assure secure storage of data (address-based protection against unauthorised use of memory): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240086335. SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SUPPORTING DEDUPLICATION AND COMPRESSION OF ENCRYPTED STORAGE VOLUMES simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.) (20240314)
  • 20240028774. System and Method for Fabric-Independent In-Band Privacy for Security Commands on Non-volatile Memory Express Over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.) (20240125)
  • 20240045981. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILE RECOVERY FROM MALICIOUS ATTACKS simplified abstract (Dell Products L.P.) (20240208)

Bank of America Corporation

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 14
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L63/1416 ({Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection}): 3 patents
  • H04L63/083 ({using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code): 2 patents
  • H04L63/1425 ({Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection}): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240073200. INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHISHING THREAT PREVENTION USING TOKENS simplified abstract (Bank of America Corporation) (20240229)
  • 20240073246. INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHISHING WEBSITE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON IMAGE HASHING simplified abstract (Bank of America Corporation) (20240229)
  • 20240039935. System and method for anomaly detection for information security simplified abstract (Bank of America Corporation) (20240201)

Sophos Limited

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 14
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L63/20 ({for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies): 8 patents
  • H04L63/029 ({Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes}): 4 patents
  • H04L63/0263 ({Rule management}): 3 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240214420. APPLICATION FIREWALL simplified abstract (Sophos Limited) (20240627)
  • 20240070297. SECURE FIREWALL CONFIGURATIONS simplified abstract (Sophos Limited) (20240229)
  • 20240223537. ENCRYPTED CACHE PROTECTION simplified abstract (Sophos Limited) (20240704)

Cisco Technology, Inc.

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 13
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L63/20 ({for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies): 3 patents
  • H04L63/0485 ({Networking architectures for enhanced packet encryption processing, e.g. offloading of IPsec packet processing or efficient security association look-up}): 2 patents
  • H04L12/4633 ({Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling}): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240223544. HIGH BANDWIDTH ENCRYPTION ENGINES IN A MULTIPATHING IP NETWORK simplified abstract (Cisco Technology, Inc.) (20240704)
  • 20240031411. THREAT ANALYTICS AND DYNAMIC COMPLIANCE IN SECURITY POLICIES simplified abstract (Cisco Technology, Inc.) (20240125)
  • 20240048384. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING STRONG MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION, ENCRYPTION, AND INTEGRITY FOR CONSTRAINT DEVICES WITHOUT SECURE STORAGE AND PKI SUPPORT simplified abstract (Cisco Technology, Inc.) (20240208)

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 12
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L9/0869 ({involving random numbers or seeds}): 4 patents
  • H04L9/008 ({involving homomorphic encryption}): 3 patents
  • G06F13/4282 (Bus transfer protocol, e.g. handshake; Synchronisation): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240072992. HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION OPERATOR, STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LEVEL CONFIGURATION METHOD THEREOF simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (20240229)
  • 20240086336. STORAGE DEVICE DELETING ENCRYPTION KEY, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (20240314)
  • 20240048354. ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION AND ENCRYPTED DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF simplified abstract (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) (20240208)

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 11
• Top CPC codes:
  • H04L63/1425 ({Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection}): 2 patents
  • G06F21/602 ({Providing cryptographic facilities or services}): 2 patents
  • H04L9/30 (Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240089100. USING A SECURE ENCLAVE TO SATISFY RETENTION AND EXPUNGEMENT REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO PRIVATE DATA simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) (20240314)
  • 20240220602. Virtual Environment Type Validation For Policy Enforcement simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) (20240704)
  • 20240152798. MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING DURATION CONTROL simplified abstract (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) (20240509)

Google LLC

• Number of Cybersecurity patents: 10
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06F21/64 (Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures): 2 patents
  • H04L63/0263 ({Rule management}): 2 patents
  • G06N20/00 (Machine learning): 2 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240098114. System and Method for Identifying and Managing Cybersecurity Top Threats simplified abstract (Google LLC) (20240321)
  • 20240193309. Secure Cryptographic Coprocessor simplified abstract (Google LLC) (20240613)
  • 20240089085. Fully Homomorphic Encryption Transpiler for High-level Languages simplified abstract (Google LLC) (20240314)

New Companies in Cybersecurity (Last Month)

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Emerging Technology Areas in Cybersecurity

• H04W76/14 (Direct-mode setup)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048990. BLUETOOTH CONNECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, INTELLIGENT TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract (SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.)
• H04L9/0662 ({with particular pseudorandom sequence generator})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048534. NETWORK SECURITY DEVICES AND METHOD simplified abstract (Wattre, Inc.)
• H04L67/52 (specially adapted for the location of the user terminal)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048434. TIMESTAMP-BASED ASSOCIATION OF IDENTIFIERS simplified abstract (PARRABLE INC.)
• H04L61/4547 ({for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048434. TIMESTAMP-BASED ASSOCIATION OF IDENTIFIERS simplified abstract (PARRABLE INC.)
• H04L41/0266 (using meta-data, objects or commands for formatting management information, e.g. using eXtensible markup language [XML])
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048434. TIMESTAMP-BASED ASSOCIATION OF IDENTIFIERS simplified abstract (PARRABLE INC.)
• H04L41/0293 ({for accessing web services by means of a binding identification of the management service or element})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048434. TIMESTAMP-BASED ASSOCIATION OF IDENTIFIERS simplified abstract (PARRABLE INC.)
• H04L2209/601 (TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048360. METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-SOURCE DATA simplified abstract (JINGDONG TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO., LTD.)
• H04L67/1074 (for supporting data block transmission mechanisms (file transfer)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048357. SYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION FOR PRIVATE SMART CONTRACTS AMONG MULTIPLE PARTIES IN A PRIVATE PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK simplified abstract (Experian Information Solutions, Inc.)
• G06F17/10 (Complex mathematical operations {(function generation by table look-up)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048353. ENCRYPTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD simplified abstract (AXELL CORPORATION)
• G06F21/46 (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240045972. BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH CYBER HEALTH DASHBOARD simplified abstract (Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP)

Top Companies in Emerging Cybersecurity Technologies

• PARRABLE INC.: 4 patents
• AXELL CORPORATION: 1 patents
• JINGDONG TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO., LTD.: 1 patents
• Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP: 1 patents
• Experian Information Solutions, Inc.: 1 patents
• Wattre, Inc.: 1 patents
• SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.: 1 patents