Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
107 patents granted to the 5 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 Clear Secure, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
107
104 utility, 3 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
8
Against 23 in 2024 and 29 in 2023
Applications published
144
9 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'14'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Computer technology31
Digital communication20
Transport11
Control10
IT methods for management10
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Alclear, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
115 publishedALCLEAR, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
77 granted
4 publishedSECURE IDENTITY, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
30 granted
0 publishedSecure Identity, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
24 publishedWhyline, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,511,361 | Intelligent gallery management for biometrics | Computer technology | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Sep 16, 2025 | 12,417,459 | Biometric pre-identification | Transport | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 12,346,419 | Intelligent gallery management for biometrics | Computer technology | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 12,243,399 | Local cache-based identification system | IT methods for management | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 12,212,564 | Mobile enrollment using a known biometric | Digital communication | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 12,205,444 | Local cache-based identification system | IT methods for management | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Jan 21, 2025 | 12,205,404 | Biometric gallery management using wireless identifiers | Computer technology | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Jan 7, 2025 | 12,189,528 | Biometric caching | Computer technology | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
| Dec 24, 2024 | 12,174,930 | Biometric ticketing | Control | ALCLEAR, LLC |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12,169,544 | Biometric ticketing | Control | SECURE IDENTITY, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| May 29, 2025 | 2025/0173413 | BIOMETRIC TICKETING | Control | Alclear, LLC |
| May 15, 2025 | 2025/0157278 | LOCAL CACHE-BASED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | IT methods for management | Secure Identity, LLC |
| May 15, 2025 | 2025/0157277 | LOCAL CACHE-BASED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | IT methods for management | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 2025/0126117 | MOBILE ENROLLMENT USING A KNOWN BIOMETRIC | Digital communication | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 2025/0124430 | IDENTITY INFORMATION CONTROLLED FINANCIAL ACCOUNT DEVICE | IT methods for management | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 2025/0111730 | LOCAL CACHE-BASED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | IT methods for management | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 2025/0111694 | BIOMETRIC GALLERY MANAGEMENT USING WIRELESS IDENTIFIERS | Computer technology | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 2025/0070975 | DIGITAL NOTARIZATION USING A BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SERVICE | Digital communication | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2025/0036736 | BIOMETRIC TICKETING | Control | Secure Identity, LLC |
| Dec 26, 2024 | 2024/0428636 | PROVIDING DIGITAL IDENTIFICATIONS GENERATED FOR CHECKPOINT VALIDATION BASED ON BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION | Control | Secure Identity, LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 8 · Computer technology 8 · Control 6 · IT methods for management 6 · Transport 1.
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.