nChain Holdings Limited has a total number of 18 different granted patents and 10 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 2017-11-28. 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 – nChain Holdings Limited

U.S. Patent Number 10659223 is entitled ‘Secure multiparty loss resistant storage and transfer of cryptographic keys for blockchain based systems in conjunction with a wallet management system’ and was granted on 2020-05-19. This patent has a total of 5 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11087322 is entitled ‘Computer-implemented systems and methods to enable complex functionality on a blockchain while preserving security-based restrictions on script size and opcode limits’ and was granted on 2021-08-10. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11120437 is entitled ‘Registry and automated management method for blockchain-enforced smart contracts’ and was granted on 2021-09-14. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11126976 is entitled ‘Method and system for efficient transfer of cryptocurrency associated with a payroll on a blockchain that leads to an automated payroll method and system based on smart contracts’ and was granted on 2021-09-21. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11128607 is entitled ‘Operating system for blockchain IoT devices’ and was granted on 2021-09-21. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11159313 is entitled ‘Methods and systems for blockchain-implemented event-lock encryption’ and was granted on 2021-10-26. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11182380 is entitled ‘Flow control for probabilistic relay in a blockchain network’ and was granted on 2021-11-23. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

Most Innovative Inventors

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB. Total number of patents: 11.

Stephane Savanah, London, GB. Total number of patents: 10.

Stephane VINCENT, Luxembourg, LU. Total number of patents: 3.

Patrick MOTYLINSKI, London, GB. Total number of patents: 2.

John Fletcher, Cambridge, GB. Total number of patents: 1.

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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