Alibaba Group Holding Limited has a total number of 1834 different granted patents and 1930 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 2011-03-08. The most recent patent has a date of 2021-12-28 (as of the date of this article).

This company is a leader in filing for blockchain patents. The most impactful blockchain patents are listed below.

Top Blockchain Patents – Alibaba Group Holding Limited

U.S. Patent Number 10693629 is entitled ‘System and method for blockchain address mapping’ and was granted on 2020-06-23. This patent has a total of 20 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10728042 is entitled ‘System and method for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication’ and was granted on 2020-07-28. This patent has a total of 11 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10505708 is entitled ‘Blockchain transaction speeds using global acceleration nodes’ and was granted on 2019-12-10. This patent has a total of 7 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10664469 is entitled ‘Accelerating transaction deliveries in blockchain networks using acceleration nodes’ and was granted on 2020-05-26. This patent has a total of 7 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10708068 is entitled ‘System and method for implementing blockchain-based digital certificates’ and was granted on 2020-07-07. This patent has a total of 6 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10708280 is entitled ‘System and method for registering subscribable states in blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-07-07. This patent has a total of 6 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10713100 is entitled ‘System and method for blockchain-based notification’ and was granted on 2020-07-14. This patent has a total of 6 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

Most Innovative Inventors

Honglin Qiu, Hangzhou, CN. Total number of patents: 27.

Xinying Yang, Hangzhou, CN. Total number of patents: 18.

Wenbin Zhang, Hangzhou, CN. Total number of patents: 13.

Zheng Liu, Shanghai, CN. Total number of patents: 11.

Rubing Shi, Hangzhou, CN. Total number of patents: 11.

Conclusion

Blockchain patenting has been at full throttle since 2017 and with Bitcoin and Ethereum hitting all-time highs in 2021, Select IP has done research into which companies are now patenting in blockchain technology in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).

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