EMC IP Holding Company LLC has a total number of 9796 different granted patents and 6235 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 1978-01-17. 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 – EMC IP Holding Company LLC
U.S. Patent Number 10509684 is entitled ‘Blockchain integration for scalable distributed computations’ and was granted on 2019-12-17. This patent has a total of 11 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10601585 is entitled ‘Methods and apparatus for blockchain encryption’ and was granted on 2020-03-24. This patent has a total of 4 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10755226 is entitled ‘Information management system using blockchain functionalities’ and was granted on 2020-08-25. This patent has a total of 4 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10686799 is entitled ‘Blockchain-based method and system for providing tenant security and compliance in a cloud computing environment’ and was granted on 2020-06-16. This patent has a total of 2 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10628268 is entitled ‘Proof of data replication consistency using blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-04-21. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10530859 is entitled ‘Blockchain functionalities in data storage system’ and was granted on 2020-01-07. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10778426 is entitled ‘Validation of sensor data using a blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-09-15. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
Most Innovative Inventors
Assaf Natanzon, Tel Aviv, IL. Total number of patents: 396.
Stephen J. Todd, Center Conway, US. Total number of patents: 235.
Jehuda Shemer, Kfar Saba, IL. Total number of patents: 95.
Patricia Gomes Soares Florissi, Briarcliff Manor, US. Total number of patents: 67.
Leehod Baruch, Rishon Lezion, IL. Total number of patents: 41.
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).
EMC IP Holding Company LLC 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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