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.
nChain
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6.
Mastercard
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7.
PayPal
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8.
Visa
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9.
Capital One
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10.
Coinplug
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| Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
|---|---|
| 1605 | |
| 1081 Payment Systems , 178 Wallet , 155 Ecash , 129 Currency Conversion , 62 Card | |
| 2413 | |
| 312 Finance , 265 Tracking , 191 Ecommerce , 163 Identity Management , 149 Incentives , 130 Gambling , 124 Video Games , 119 Digital Media , 112 Property , 106 Transportation , 105 Admin Mgmt , 101 Energy , 95 Healthcare , 92 Telecom , 89 Digital Rights , 85 Social Networks , 60 Internet of Things , 31 Software , 30 Voting , 20 Geolocation , 19 Sports , 15 Manufacturing | |
| 1424 | |
| 893 Authentication , 531 Cryptography | |
| 667 | |
| 275 Distributed Apps , 206 Analytics , 142 Mining , 44 Auditing | |
| 340 | |
| 227 Protocols , 113 Topologies | |
