Patent Theme
Granular Data Encryption & Access Control
Systems and methods for encrypting data at a fine-grained level (e.g., per data unit or based on sensitivity) and controlling access to it, often involving delegated authorization, contextual policies, or secure data sharing.
18,956 US filings from 3,001 companies since 2023 · 2023: 4,784 · 2024: 5,765 · 2025: 5,788 · 2026 YTD: 2,619
Cryptographic Mechanisms
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 765 | 94 | 248 | 308 | 115 | +24.2% |
| 2 | Bank of America Corporation | 627 | 148 | 185 | 180 | 114 | -2.7% |
| 3 | Capital One Services, LLC | 613 | 114 | 205 | 209 | 85 | +2.0% |
| 4 | International Business Machines Corporation | 579 | 180 | 173 | 156 | 70 | -9.8% |
| 5 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 430 | 97 | 139 | 131 | 63 | -5.8% |
| 6 | GOOGLE LLC | 349 | 89 | 102 | 117 | 41 | +14.7% |
| 7 | SAP SE | 273 | 78 | 91 | 71 | 33 | -22.0% |
| 8 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 251 | 64 | 61 | 79 | 47 | +29.5% |
| 9 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 249 | 33 | 82 | 91 | 43 | +11.0% |
| 10 | Snowflake Inc. | 242 | 65 | 89 | 69 | 19 | -22.5% |
| 11 | Visa International Service Association | 215 | 59 | 71 | 64 | 21 | -9.9% |
| 12 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 202 | 63 | 59 | 58 | 22 | -1.7% |
| 13 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 181 | 35 | 54 | 58 | 34 | +7.4% |
| 14 | Oracle International Corporation | 172 | 39 | 41 | 55 | 37 | +34.1% |
| 15 | INTEL CORPORATION | 170 | 53 | 56 | 50 | 11 | -10.7% |
| 16 | Pure Storage, Inc. | 164 | 45 | 70 | 37 | 12 | -47.1% |
| 17 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 149 | 35 | 47 | 44 | 23 | -6.4% |
| 18 | Salesforce, Inc. | 148 | 32 | 60 | 38 | 18 | -36.7% |
| 19 | Apple Inc. | 146 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 28 | +31.6% |
| 20 | EMC IP Holding Company LLC | 142 | 75 | 51 | 14 | 2 | -72.5% |
| 21 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | 142 | 40 | 30 | 42 | 30 | +40.0% |
| 22 | UAB 360 IT | 124 | 61 | 38 | 21 | 4 | -44.7% |
| 23 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | 123 | 30 | 43 | 36 | 14 | -16.3% |
| 24 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 121 | 37 | 36 | 32 | 16 | -11.1% |
| 25 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | 120 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 16 | -10.5% |