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Qualys, Inc. (QLYS)

Nasdaq: QLYS · Services-Prepackaged Software · Foster City, CA · filing with the SEC since 2002
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

52 patents granted to the 2 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 Qualys, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
52
52 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
10
Against 6 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
63
9 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'10'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Digital communication23
Computer technology9
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
Qualys, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
52 granted
10 published
Qualys, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
53 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 14, 202512,445,466Asset remediation trend map generation and utilization for threat mitigationDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Sep 16, 202512,417,292Quantification of security events using behavioral, analytical, and threat intelligence attributesComputer technologyQualys, Inc.
Sep 9, 202512,413,615Attack path and graph creation based on user and system profilingDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Sep 9, 202512,413,613System and method of discovering external attack surface based on identification dataDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
May 13, 202512,301,625Domain specific language for defending against a threat-actor and adversarial tactics, techniques, and proceduresDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
May 13, 202512,301,612Domain-specific language simulant for simulating a threat-actor and adversarial tactics, techniques, and proceduresDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Apr 1, 202512,267,352Rest API scanning for security testingDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Mar 18, 202512,255,913Methods and systems for system vulnerability determination and utilization for threat mitigationDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Mar 11, 202512,250,242Dynamic hierarchical tagging system and methodComputer technologyQualys, Inc.
Jan 28, 202512,210,623Attack kill chain generation and utilization for threat analysisComputer technologyQualys, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 11, 20252025/0379882SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISCOVERING EXTERNAL ATTACK SURFACE BASED ON IDENTIFICATION DATADigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Dec 11, 20252025/0378179QUANTIFICATION OF SECURITY EVENTS USING BEHAVIORAL, ANALYTICAL, AND THREAT INTELLIGENCE ATTRIBUTESComputer technologyQualys, Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0323932Attack Path and Graph Creation Based on User and System ProfilingDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Jul 10, 20252025/0227125REST API SCANNING FOR SECURITY TESTINGDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Jun 12, 20252025/0193227METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYSTEM VULNERABILITY DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION FOR THREAT MITIGATIONDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Jun 5, 20252025/0184348Dynamic Hierarchical Tagging System and MethodComputer technologyQualys, Inc.
May 29, 20252025/0173435ATTACK KILL CHAIN GENERATION AND UTILIZATION FOR THREAT ANALYSISComputer technologyQualys, Inc.
May 1, 20252025/0141907SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISCOVERING EXTERNAL ATTACK SURFACE BASED ON IDENTIFICATION DATADigital communicationQualys, Inc. · patent 12,413,613 granted from it
Feb 20, 20252025/0063062SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING REMOTE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF FIREWALLED COMPUTERDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
Dec 26, 20242024/0430293METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSET RISK DETERMINATION AND UTILIZATION FOR THREAT MITIGATIONDigital communicationQualys, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 13 · Computer technology 5.

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.

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