Amazon Technologies, Inc. has a total number of 15802 different granted patents and 12920 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 2006-05-23. 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 – Amazon Technologies, Inc.

U.S. Patent Number 10581847 is entitled ‘Blockchain-backed device and user provisioning’ and was granted on 2020-03-03. This patent has a total of 11 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10826685 is entitled ‘Combined blockchain integrity’ and was granted on 2020-11-03. This patent has a total of 4 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10884810 is entitled ‘Workload management using blockchain-based transaction deferrals’ and was granted on 2021-01-05. This patent has a total of 4 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11121859 is entitled ‘Efficient incremental consensus for block commit in blockchain network’ and was granted on 2021-09-14. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

Most Innovative Inventors

Pragyana K. Mishra, Seattle, US. Total number of patents: 91.

Matthew John Campagna, Bainbridge Island, US. Total number of patents: 60.

Prashant Verma, Seattle, US. Total number of patents: 3.

Nicholas Sun, Oakland, US. Total number of patents: 2.

Ronil Sudhir Mokashi, Mercer Island, US. Total number of patents: 2.

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).

Amazon Technologies, Inc. is an early player in the blockchain patent space. To help our clients develop their intellectual propery and avoid the risk of potentially infringing any patents, Select Patents provides our clients a variety of services. We want our clients to develop an effective and efficient patent protection strategy. These services include:

• Patent Portfolio Analysis
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• U.S. Design Patent Applications – Apply for patent protection on the ornamental appearance of an invention.
• PCT International Patent Applications – Apply for international patent protection for an invention.
• Foreign Patent Protection – We work with foreign legal professionals worldwide to protect our client’s foreign patent rights.