Red Hat, Inc. has a total number of 2439 different granted patents and 960 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 2004-06-22. 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 – Red Hat, Inc.

U.S. Patent Number 10657225 is entitled ‘Providing blockchain-based subscription-as-a-service management’ and was granted on 2020-05-19. This patent has a total of 1 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10552601 is entitled ‘Deferred subscription activation using blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-02-04. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10755322 is entitled ‘Blockchain-based software instance usage determination’ and was granted on 2020-08-25. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10834238 is entitled ‘Blockchain management using a device in a wireless telecommunication system’ and was granted on 2020-11-10. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10848622 is entitled ‘Control information for public switched telephone network (PSTN) using blockchain system’ and was granted on 2020-11-24. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10887254 is entitled ‘Enterprise messaging using blockchain system’ and was granted on 2021-01-05. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11108624 is entitled ‘Determining blockchain ledger indicates notification availability for an application’ and was granted on 2021-08-31. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

Most Innovative Inventors

Ondrej Zizka, Ceske Budejovice, CZ. Total number of patents: 5.

Justin M. Kilpatrick, Raleigh, US. Total number of patents: 3.

Axel Simon, Paris, FR. Total number of patents: 2.

Gregory N. Hoelzer, Raleigh, US. Total number of patents: 1.

Luke Anthony Hinds, Wiltshire, 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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