salesforce.com, inc. has a total number of 2627 different granted patents and 2391 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 2007-04-24. 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 – salesforce.com, inc.

U.S. Patent Number 10122661 is entitled ‘Messaging systems and methods that employ a blockchain to ensure integrity of message delivery’ and was granted on 2018-11-06. This patent has a total of 4 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10579368 is entitled ‘Blockchain version control systems’ and was granted on 2020-03-03. This patent has a total of 2 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10505877 is entitled ‘Messaging systems and methods that employ a blockchain to ensure integrity of message delivery’ and was granted on 2019-12-10. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 10965632 is entitled ‘Messaging systems and methods that employ a blockchain to ensure integrity of message delivery’ and was granted on 2021-03-30. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11038771 is entitled ‘Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing a metadata driven rules engine on blockchain using distributed ledger technology (DLT)’ and was granted on 2021-06-15. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11080247 is entitled ‘Field-based peer permissions in a blockchain network’ and was granted on 2021-08-03. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

U.S. Patent Number 11100091 is entitled ‘Lightweight node in a multi-tenant blockchain network’ and was granted on 2021-08-24. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview. 

Most Innovative Inventors

Philip N. Calvin, San Francisco, US. Total number of patents: 14.

Peter S. Wisnovsky, Oakland, US. Total number of patents: 11.

Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan, San Ramon, US. Total number of patents: 11.

Edet Nkposong, Mercer Island, US. Total number of patents: 5.

Chi Wang, Redmond, US. Total number of patents: 4.

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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