Inventor · Arlington, MA, US

Ronald L. Rivest

34Patents
15h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 14, 1977 → Nov 1, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4405829A Cryptographic communications system and method Physics 1,432 Expired
US6985583B1 System and method for authentication seed distribution Electricity 410 Expired
US7363494B2 Method and apparatus for performing enhanced time-based authentication Electricity 360 Expired
US6269163A Enhanced block ciphers with data-dependent rotations Electricity 298 Expired
US6970070B2 Method and apparatus for selective blocking of radio frequency identification devices Physics 290 Expired
US7502467B2 System and method for authentication seed distribution Electricity 270 Expired
US5144667A Method of secure remote access Electricity 169 Expired
US4376299A Data center for remote postage meter recharging system having physically secure encrypting apparatus and employing encrypted seed number signals Physics 159 Expired
US5724428A Block encryption algorithm with data-dependent rotations Electricity 92 Expired
US8966276B2 System and method providing disconnected authentication Electricity 77 Active
US5835600A Block encryption algorithm with data-dependent rotations Electricity 63 Expired
US8813234B1 Graph-based approach to deterring persistent security threats Electricity 58 Active
US4691299A Method and apparatus for reusing non-erasable memory media Physics 45 Expired
US9270655B1 Configurable one-time authentication tokens with improved resilience to attacks Electricity 18 Active
US9813243B1 Methods and apparatus for password-based secret sharing schemes Electricity 16 Active
US10635824B1 Methods and apparatus for private set membership using aggregation for reduced communications Physics 15 Active
US8984609B1 Methods and apparatus for embedding auxiliary information in one-time passcodes Physics 14 Active
US9471777B1 Scheduling of defensive security actions in information processing systems Electricity 13 Active
US9621576B1 Detecting malicious websites Electricity 11 Active
US9515989B1 Methods and apparatus for silent alarm channels using one-time passcode authentication tokens Electricity 11 Active
US9454654B1 Multi-server one-time passcode verification on respective high order and low order passcode portions Electricity 11 Active
US8438617B2 User authentication based on voucher codes Physics 10 Active
US8346742B1 Remote verification of file protections for cloud data storage Physics 8 Active
US8699713B1 Key update with compromise detection Electricity 8 Active
US9361447B1 Authentication based on user-selected image overlay effects Electricity 8 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.