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 |
|---|---|
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. Inc., Paypal |
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9.
Capital One
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10.
Strong Force Intellectual Capital
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| Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
|---|---|
| 1302 | |
| 914 Payment Systems , 138 Ecash , 116 Wallet , 87 Currency Conversion , 47 Card | |
| 1920 | |
| 231 Tracking , 178 Finance , 149 Ecommerce , 143 Identity Management , 111 Gambling , 110 Incentives , 101 Digital Rights , 98 Digital Media , 94 Admin Mgmt , 94 Transportation , 87 Property , 86 Video Games , 80 Telecom , 79 Energy , 78 Healthcare , 66 Social Networks , 45 Internet of Things , 27 Voting , 24 Software , 17 Sports , 15 Geolocation , 7 Manufacturing | |
| 1289 | |
| 819 Authentication , 470 Cryptography | |
| 518 | |
| 204 Distributed Apps , 179 Analytics , 104 Mining , 31 Auditing | |
| 256 | |
| 175 Protocols , 81 Topologies | |
