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(45) Week of Oct 19, 2026 No. 7 3,667 lapsed 70 listed
No. 6 · USPTO batch of Oct 12, 2026

12 cybersecurity & privacy patents lapsed this week

Selected from 3,760 patents the USPTO recorded as expired for unpaid fees, ranked by opportunity score. The summaries and most of each score are generated by AI.

  1. 1

    Server-issued temporary contact tokens that forward then expire

    A system generates temporary contact identifiers (tokens) that do not include the user’s real contact (phone, email) and that, when used by a recipient, cause communications to be routed...

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 10,068,066 lapsed Sep 4, 20267.5-yr fee missed
    78score / 100
    demand
    easy to make
    novelty
    clear
  2. 2

    Form-level secure-submission indicator and enforcement

    The patent describes a browser-side mechanism that reads a security attribute on HTML forms, checks the form action URL and the server TLS certificate, and then allows or blocks...

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 10,068,083 lapsed Sep 4, 20267.5-yr fee missed
    76score / 100
    demand
    easy to make
    novelty
    clear
  3. 3

    Policy-driven app-risk enforcement for managed mobile devices

    A server-side service collects an installed-app list from a managed mobile device, maps each app to a stored risk score, compares those scores to a highest-allowed risk derived from the...

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 8,832,840 lapsed Sep 9, 202611.5-yr fee missed
    75score / 100
    demand
    easy to make
    novelty
    clear
  4. 4

    Encrypted aggregation in a star network using encrypted polynomial shares

    A protocol for private aggregation where each participant sends multiple ciphertexts that encode polynomial shares of its input; a central aggregator homomorphically combines shares by...

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 10,069,631 lapsed Sep 4, 20267.5-yr fee missed
    74score / 100
    demand
    easy to make
    novelty
    clear
  5. 5

    Link display vs target similarity check to flag fraudulent links

    A method that compares hyperlink display text and the underlying destination address, computes a character-overlap similarity ratio, and flags the link as fraudulent when the ratio...

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 10,069,863 lapsed Sep 4, 20267.5-yr fee missed
    72score / 100
    demand
    easy to make
    novelty
    clear
  6. 6

    Text message spam solutions Pro

    Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 8,832,204 lapsed Sep 9, 202611.5-yr fee missed
    ··score / 100
  7. 7

    Systems and methods for detecting undesirable network traffic content Pro

    Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 10,068,090 lapsed Sep 4, 20267.5-yr fee missed
    ··score / 100
  8. 8

    System and method for malware containment Pro

    Write-up, demand check and manufacturing notes available with Pro.

    Cybersecurity & privacy US 10,068,091 lapsed Sep 4, 20267.5-yr fee missed
    ··score / 100
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