Intel Corporation has a total number of 46429 different granted patents and 23642 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 1976-01-13. 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 – Intel Corporation

U.S. Patent Number 10262140 is entitled ‘Methods and apparatus to facilitate blockchain-based boot tracking’ and was granted on 2019-04-16. This patent has a total of 3 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10936723 is entitled ‘Fast and secure protocol to bootstrap a blockchain by restoring the blockchain state using trusted execution environment’ and was granted on 2021-03-02. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10771421 is entitled ‘Systems and methods for fair information exchange using publish-subscribe with blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-09-08. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10284654 is entitled ‘Trusted vehicle telematics using blockchain data analytics’ and was granted on 2019-05-07. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10592639 is entitled ‘Blockchain-based shadow images to facilitate copyright protection of digital content’ and was granted on 2020-03-17. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10761877 is entitled ‘Apparatuses, methods, and systems for blockchain transaction acceleration’ and was granted on 2020-09-01. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10796000 is entitled ‘Blockchain system with nucleobase sequencing as proof of work’ and was granted on 2020-10-06. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

Most Innovative Inventors

Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, US. Total number of patents: 439.

Ned M. Smith, Beaverton, US. Total number of patents: 255.

Glen J. Anderson, Beaverton, US. Total number of patents: 156.

Rajesh Poornachandran, Portland, US. Total number of patents: 130.

Sean M. Gulley, Sudbury, US. Total number of patents: 50.

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).

Intel Corporation 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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