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 Forecast 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 |
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| 1. Inventor |
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2.
IBM
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3.
Alibaba Group
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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.
Capital One
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9.
PayPal
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10.
Coinplug
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| Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
|---|---|
| 1399 | |
| 961 Payment Systems , 142 Ecash , 141 Wallet , 105 Currency Conversion , 50 Card | |
| 2087 | |
| 259 Finance , 243 Tracking , 164 Ecommerce , 145 Identity Management , 119 Gambling , 117 Incentives , 110 Digital Media , 101 Video Games , 98 Admin Mgmt , 98 Transportation , 93 Property , 88 Energy , 84 Telecom , 80 Healthcare , 72 Digital Rights , 70 Social Networks , 50 Internet of Things , 28 Voting , 27 Software , 17 Sports , 16 Geolocation , 8 Manufacturing | |
| 1316 | |
| 837 Authentication , 479 Cryptography | |
| 587 | |
| 246 Distributed Apps , 189 Analytics , 120 Mining , 32 Auditing | |
| 282 | |
| 198 Protocols , 84 Topologies | |
