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G06F 21/71

to assure secure computing or processing of information

Introduced: January 2013

Full Title

Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity > Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer > to assure secure computing or processing of information

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2013.

Child Classifications

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  • G06F 21/73 by creating or determining hardware identification, e.g. serial numbers since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 21/76 in application-specific integrated circuits [ASIC] or field-programmable devices, e.g. field-programmable gate arrays [FPGA] or programmable logic devices [PLD] since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06F 21/77 in smart cards since 2013 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC