INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION has a total number of 150818 different granted patents and 70905 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 1976-01-06. 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 – INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
U.S. Patent Number 10255108 is entitled ‘Parallel execution of blockchain transactions’ and was granted on 2019-04-09. This patent has a total of 10 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10158527 is entitled ‘Changing an existing blockchain trust configuration’ and was granted on 2018-12-18. This patent has a total of 9 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10608829 is entitled ‘Blockchain timestamp agreement’ and was granted on 2020-03-31. This patent has a total of 9 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 9934138 is entitled ‘Application testing on a blockchain’ and was granted on 2018-04-03. This patent has a total of 9 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10171992 is entitled ‘Switching mobile service provider using blockchain’ and was granted on 2019-01-01. This patent has a total of 7 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10299113 is entitled ‘Switching mobile service provider using blockchain’ and was granted on 2019-05-21. This patent has a total of 7 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10360191 is entitled ‘Establishing overlay trust consensus for blockchain trust validation system’ and was granted on 2019-07-23. This patent has a total of 6 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
Most Innovative Inventors
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, US. Total number of patents: 743.
Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN. Total number of patents: 732.
Brian M. O’Connell, Cary, US. Total number of patents: 471.
James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, US. Total number of patents: 377.
Paul R. Bastide, Boxford, US. Total number of patents: 332.
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).
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