Dell Products L.P. has a total number of 6891 different granted patents and 4131 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 1976-03-30. 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 – Dell Products L.P.
U.S. Patent Number 10671372 is entitled ‘Blockchain-based secure customized catalog system’ and was granted on 2020-06-02. This patent has a total of 5 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10833865 is entitled ‘Blockchain-based method and system for immutable resource allocation in a cloud computing environment’ and was granted on 2020-11-10. This patent has a total of 2 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10656936 is entitled ‘Systems and methods for software integrity validation using blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-05-19. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10936294 is entitled ‘Blockchain-based software compliance system’ and was granted on 2021-03-02. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10990687 is entitled ‘System and method for user managed encryption recovery using blockchain for data at rest’ and was granted on 2021-04-27. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 11195179 is entitled ‘Detecting cashback and other related reimbursement frauds using blockchain technology’ and was granted on 2021-12-07. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
Most Innovative Inventors
Charles D. Robison, Buford, US. Total number of patents: 57.
Kevin Marks, Georgetown, US. Total number of patents: 56.
Daniel L. Hamlin, Round Rock, US. Total number of patents: 55.
Ravikanth Chaganti, Bangalore, IN. Total number of patents: 45.
David Konetski, Austin, US. Total number of patents: 43.
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).
Dell Products L.P. 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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