BIO-key International, Inc. (BKYI)
Nasdaq: BKYI · Services-Prepackaged Software · Holmdel, NJ · filing with the SEC since 1996
Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202616 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to BIO-key International, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
16
16 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
in the last year the record reads
Applications published
13
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
8 published
PistolStar, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
BIO-key International, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
3 published
SAC Technologies, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (2)
BIO-key Hong Kong Limited
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in HK. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
BIO-key Hong Kong Limited
Most of its patents print CN; this name counts in HK. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2021 | 10,984,085 | Biometric recognition for uncontrolled acquisition environments | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Jul 17, 2018 | 10,025,831 | Adaptive short lists and acceleration of biometric database search | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Jun 19, 2018 | 10,002,244 | Utilization of biometric data | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| May 9, 2017 | 9,646,146 | Utilization of biometric data | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Mar 12, 2013 | 8,397,077 | Client side authentication redirection | Digital communication | PistolStar, Inc. |
| Jul 3, 2012 | 8,214,652 | Biometric identification network security | Digital communication | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Jun 5, 2012 | 8,196,193 | Method for retrofitting password enabled computer software with a redirection user authentication method | Digital communication | PistolStar, Inc. |
| Nov 8, 2011 | 8,055,027 | Generation of directional field information in the context of image processing | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| May 26, 2009 | 7,539,331 | Image identification system | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Mar 10, 2009 | 7,502,938 | Trusted biometric device | Digital communication | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2019 | 2019/0080068 | BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION FOR UNCONTROLLED ACQUISITION ENVIRONMENTS | Computer technology | BIO-key International, Inc. · patent 10,984,085 granted from it |
| Oct 4, 2018 | 2018/0285545 | UTILIZATION OF BIOMETRIC DATA | Computer technology | BIO-key International, Inc. |
| Jul 20, 2017 | 2017/0206345 | UTILIZATION OF BIOMETRIC DATA | Computer technology | BIO-key International, Inc. · patent 10,002,244 granted from it |
| Nov 19, 2015 | 2015/0331867 | ADAPTIVE SHORT LISTS AND ACCELERATION OF BIOMETRIC DATABASE SEARCH | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. · patent 10,025,831 granted from it |
| Sep 10, 2015 | 2015/0254446 | UTILIZATION OF BIOMETRIC DATA | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. · patent 9,646,146 granted from it |
| Apr 9, 2015 | 2015/0101065 | USER CONTROLLED DATA SHARING PLATFORM | Computer technology | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| Jun 11, 2009 | 2009/0150991 | PASSWORD GENERATION | Digital communication | PistolStar, Inc. · patent 8,397,077 granted from it |
| Jun 11, 2009 | 2009/0150989 | USER AUTHENTICATION | Digital communication | PistolStar, Inc. · patent 8,196,193 granted from it |
| Oct 30, 2008 | 2008/0270787 | BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION NETWORK SECURITY | Digital communication | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. · patent 8,214,652 granted from it |
| Jul 12, 2007 | 2007/0162739 | Biometric identification network security | Digital communication | BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. · patent 7,415,605 granted from it |
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.