The US is number one...in blockchain patents

Cointelegraph

Published Sep 20, 2020 04:00PM ET

Updated Sep 20, 2020 06:00PM ET

Despite Chinese firm Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) filing the most patents so far this year, the United States still takes the lead as the country with the most blockchain patents, a Sept. 17 report from intellectual property consultancy KISSPatent said.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Alibaba hold the most blockchain patents. Alibaba has filed more than 200 patents while IBM filed a little over 100. But other U.S.-based companies like Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) have also filed several patent applications bumping up the total for the U.S. According to KISSPatent, more blockchain patents have been filed in the first half of 2020 than all of 2019.

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