UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) has a total number of 1657 different granted patents and 1367 different inventors. The first patent on record has a date of 2005-04-05. 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 – UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
U.S. Patent Number 10521780 is entitled ‘Blockchain based transaction management’ and was granted on 2019-12-31. This patent has a total of 38 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10805085 is entitled ‘PKI-based user authentication for web services using blockchain’ and was granted on 2020-10-13. This patent has a total of 9 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10833843 is entitled ‘Managing blockchain access’ and was granted on 2020-11-10. This patent has a total of 3 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 10878512 is entitled ‘Blockchain technology for storing electronic medical records to enable instant life insurance underwriting’ and was granted on 2020-12-29. This patent has a total of 2 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
U.S. Patent Number 11170092 is entitled ‘Document authentication certification with blockchain and distributed ledger techniques’ and was granted on 2021-11-09. This patent has a total of 0 citations in the United States. Link to patent overview.
Most Innovative Inventors
Bharat Prasad, San Antonio, US. Total number of patents: 116.
John Chandler Hopkins, III, San Antonio, US. Total number of patents: 66.
Minya Liang, Redmond, US. Total number of patents: 34.
Gunjan C. Vijayvergia, San Antonio, US. Total number of patents: 34.
Gopinath Rangan, Milpitas, 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).
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 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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