CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. has a total number of 16856 different granted patents and 11091 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 1991-11-05. 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 – CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
U.S. Patent Number 10299128 is entitled ‘Securing communications for roaming user equipment (UE) using a native blockchain platform’ and was granted on 2019-05-21. This patent has a total of 22 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10361843 is entitled ‘Native blockchain platform for improving workload mobility in telecommunication networks’ and was granted on 2019-07-23. This patent has a total of 15 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10680915 is entitled ‘Consumption-based licensing of network features based on blockchain transactions’ and was granted on 2020-06-09. This patent has a total of 3 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10491376 is entitled ‘Systems, devices, and techniques for managing data sessions in a wireless network using a native blockchain platform’ and was granted on 2019-11-26. This patent has a total of 2 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10505718 is entitled ‘Systems, devices, and techniques for registering user equipment (UE) in wireless networks using a native blockchain platform’ and was granted on 2019-12-10. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10673618 is entitled ‘Provisioning network resources in a wireless network using a native blockchain platform’ and was granted on 2020-06-02. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10469460 is entitled ‘Data sharing in a blockchain-enabled trust domain’ and was granted on 2019-11-05. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
Most Innovative Inventors
Carlos M. Pignataro, Cary, US. Total number of patents: 202.
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, US. Total number of patents: 114.
Gonzalo Salgueiro, Raleigh, US. Total number of patents: 100.
Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, US. Total number of patents: 84.
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, US. Total number of patents: 78.
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).
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, 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:
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