Since the 2009 Bitcoin whitepaper, crypto currencies have risen in value, enabled decentralized global trade, but also endured market value fluctuation, theft, and use as tender for illegal transactions. Blockchain-based technology grows in interest to large and small corporations and investors, many of which are staking their claims within this emerging intellectual property sector by filing patent applications with the USPTO. The Cryptocurrency 2018 Report includes expert analyst opinion and insights, the full underlying dataset or all granted and published patents, plus access to the patent radar visualization.
| Corporation | Patents and Published Applications Count |
|---|---|
1.
IBM
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| 2. Inventor |
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3.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
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4.
Bank of America
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5.
Mastercard
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6.
nChain
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7.
Visa
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8.
PayPal
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9.
Intel
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10.
Capital One
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| Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
|---|---|
| 1146 | |
| 838 Payment Systems , 130 Ecash , 80 Wallet , 63 Currency Conversion , 35 Card | |
| 1485 | |
| 178 Tracking , 123 Ecommerce , 116 Finance , 112 Identity Management , 94 Incentives , 86 Digital Rights , 85 Digital Media , 82 Admin Mgmt , 74 Gambling , 70 Video Games , 67 Transportation , 66 Energy , 61 Telecom , 59 Social Networks , 57 Healthcare , 45 Property , 36 Internet of Things , 22 Voting , 18 Software , 14 Geolocation , 13 Sports , 7 Manufacturing | |
| 1221 | |
| 776 Authentication , 445 Cryptography | |
| 432 | |
| 178 Distributed Apps , 154 Analytics , 74 Mining , 26 Auditing | |
| 221 | |
| 147 Protocols , 74 Topologies | |
