NEC CORPORATION has a total number of 32150 different granted patents and 13655 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 1984-10-09. 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 – NEC CORPORATION
U.S. Patent Number 10783272 is entitled ‘Method and system of preserving privacy for usage of lightweight blockchain clients’ and was granted on 2020-09-22. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10397328 is entitled ‘Method and system for providing a robust blockchain with an integrated proof of storage’ and was granted on 2019-08-27. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 11128603 is entitled ‘Method and system for providing a transaction forwarding service in blockchain implementations’ 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 11177961 is entitled ‘Method and system for securely sharing validation information using blockchain technology’ and was granted on 2021-11-16. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 11212081 is entitled ‘Method for signing a new block in a decentralized blockchain consensus network’ and was granted on 2021-12-28. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
Most Innovative Inventors
Ghassan Karame, Heidelberg, DE. Total number of patents: 57.
Wenting Li, Heidelberg, DE. Total number of patents: 23.
Jens-Matthias Bohli, Leimen, DE. Total number of patents: 19.
Frederik Armknecht, Worms, DE. Total number of patents: 10.
Srdjan Capkun, Zurich, CH. Total number of patents: 8.
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).
NEC 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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