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.
Alibaba Group
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3.
nChain
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| 4. Inventor |
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5.
Bank of America
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6.
Mastercard
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7.
PayPal
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8.
Capital One
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9.
Visa
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10.
Coinbase
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| Categorization and Classification | Patents and Published Applications |
|---|---|
| 1780 | |
| 1180 Payment Systems , 210 Wallet , 162 Ecash , 158 Currency Conversion , 70 Card | |
| 2438 | |
| 310 Finance , 265 Tracking , 196 Ecommerce , 164 Identity Management , 149 Incentives , 132 Gambling , 126 Digital Media , 124 Video Games , 112 Property , 107 Transportation , 105 Admin Mgmt , 104 Energy , 96 Healthcare , 95 Telecom , 89 Digital Rights , 85 Social Networks , 62 Internet of Things , 32 Software , 30 Voting , 20 Geolocation , 20 Sports , 15 Manufacturing | |
| 1443 | |
| 901 Authentication , 542 Cryptography | |
| 691 | |
| 291 Distributed Apps , 207 Analytics , 149 Mining , 44 Auditing | |
| 373 | |
| 248 Protocols , 125 Topologies | |
