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Digital Key & Credential Management

Methods and devices for generating, transferring, storing, and utilizing electronic or digitally encoded keys and access credentials, including physical keys with integrated digital information for enhanced security or convenience.

16,205 US filings from 3,010 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,440 · 2024: 5,113 · 2025: 4,614 · 2026 YTD: 2,038

Locks & Keys

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Capital One Services, LLC	792	213	271	218	90	-19.6%
2	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	657	198	173	197	89	+13.9%
3	Apple Inc.	460	128	128	156	48	+21.9%
4	Bank of America Corporation	386	102	124	122	38	-1.6%
5	Visa International Service Association	305	90	96	87	32	-9.4%
6	DELL PRODUCTS L.P.	285	42	86	108	49	+25.6%
7	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	262	65	89	74	34	-16.9%
8	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	246	53	83	72	38	-13.3%
9	Mastercard International Incorporated	208	72	65	53	18	-18.5%
10	NEC CORPORATION	195	46	57	62	30	+8.8%
11	International Business Machines Corporation	193	73	60	41	19	-31.7%
12	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	159	48	50	37	24	-26.0%
13	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	145	47	44	42	12	-4.5%
14	Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	107	26	30	34	17	+13.3%
15	Cisco Technology, Inc.	106	24	34	33	15	-2.9%
16	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	96	32	29	31	4	+6.9%
17	GOOGLE LLC	94	24	38	24	8	-36.8%
18	TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA	94	26	28	22	18	-21.4%
19	ASSA ABLOY AB	92	20	44	23	5	-47.7%
20	PAYPAL, INC.	90	33	35	17	5	-51.4%
21	The Toronto-Dominion Bank	90	26	27	23	14	-14.8%
22	BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	88	30	32	15	11	-53.1%
23	TRUIST BANK	88	7	38	29	14	-23.7%
24	Micron Technology, Inc.	82	16	33	23	10	-30.3%
25	QUALCOMM Incorporated	79	20	22	24	13	+9.1%