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.
PayPal
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9.
Capital One
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10.
Coinplug
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| Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
|---|---|
| 1351 | |
| 938 Payment Systems , 138 Ecash , 132 Wallet , 95 Currency Conversion , 48 Card | |
| 2032 | |
| 238 Tracking , 232 Finance , 152 Ecommerce , 144 Identity Management , 116 Incentives , 116 Gambling , 102 Digital Rights , 101 Video Games , 100 Digital Media , 96 Admin Mgmt , 95 Transportation , 90 Property , 82 Telecom , 82 Energy , 78 Healthcare , 69 Social Networks , 45 Internet of Things , 28 Voting , 27 Software , 17 Sports , 15 Geolocation , 7 Manufacturing | |
| 1310 | |
| 834 Authentication , 476 Cryptography | |
| 576 | |
| 241 Distributed Apps , 188 Analytics , 116 Mining , 31 Auditing | |
| 270 | |
| 188 Protocols , 82 Topologies | |
