Patents

Banking

Bank of America Patents Blockchain Security Tools

A new Bank of America patent outlines how a permissioned blockchain might restrict users while still helping them access the information they need.

Business  ·  22 May 2018
Patents

Walmart Looks to Blockchain for Retail Product Resales

A newly-released Walmart patent application outlines a digital resale marketplace placed on a blockchain.

Business  ·  21 May 2018
China

China’s Security Ministry Touts Blockchain for Evidence Storage

China's Ministry of Public Security has developed a blockchain system aimed to more securely store evidence collected during police investigations.

Markets  ·  9 May 2018
Bitcoin

Cisco Claims New Patent Could Apply to Bitcoin Mining

A Cisco patent suggests that internet customers would be able to create a distributed mining pool through a proprietary cloud application.

Business  ·  25 April 2018
China

China’s State Electricity Firm Eyes Blockchain for Internet of Energy

China State Grid Corporation, the country's state-owned power utility, is looking to blockchain to advance its plans for an "Internet of Energy."

Business  ·  10 April 2018
Patents

IBM Envisions App Testing Powered By Blockchain

A recently released patent filing shows that IBM has dreamed up a blockchain-based system for distributed software application testing.

Business  ·  5 April 2018
Patents

Cisco Imagines Group Chats on a Blockchain in Patent Filing

A Cisco patent application describes how a blockchain could let people form groups on the fly to share files and other data while tracking membership.

Business  ·  30 March 2018
Bitcoin

Intel Wants to Patent a Bitcoin Mining Hardware ‘Accelerator’

Intel explains in a recently-released patent application how it would improve its products for bitcoin mining purposes.

Business  ·  29 March 2018
Patents

Immutable Google? Search Giant Eyes Blockchain for Audits

A patent application released Thursday indicates Google might be examining how blockchains can secure audit logs and other information.

Business  ·  22 March 2018
Banking

Royal Bank of Canada Explores Blockchain to Automate Credit Scores

A patent application by the Royal Bank of Canada outlines ways of using a blockchain-based system to make the credit rating process more transparent.

Business  ·  16 March 2018
Patents

American Express Patent Filing Touts Blockchain for Faster Payments

American Express' travel and merchant arm has filed a patent application looking at using a blockchain to facilitate quick transactions.

Business  ·  15 March 2018
China

ZhongAn Wants to Catch Media Pirates with Blockchain

ZhongAn Technology, a subsidiary of Chinese online insurer ZhongAn, hopes to patent a blockchain solution for protecting digital media against piracy.

Tech  ·  13 March 2018
Huawei

Huawei Seeks Patent for Blockchain Rights Management

In a recently released patent application, tech giant Huawei touts a blockchain system for protecting digital property rights.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 March 2018
Patents

Editable Blockchains? Mining Futures? 2017 Saw Crypto Patents Pile Up

A run-down of some of the more notable crypto and blockchain patents seen in 2017.

Business  ·  26 December 2017
Security

British Telecom Awarded Patent for Blockchain Security Method

The U.K.'s largest internet and telecoms provider, BT, has been awarded a patent for a method to prevent malicious attacks on blockchains.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 November 2017