According to a report published by incoPat, the company that filed the highest number of global blockchain invention patent applications between January and October 2020 was Alibaba Group with 2,542 patents filed (based on publicly announced applications). Of the 20 companies filing the most global blockchain patent applications in 2020, 17 were based in China.
Number of blockchain invention patent applications filed publicly worldwide in 2020, by leading company
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incoPat. (November 8, 2020). Number of blockchain invention patent applications filed publicly worldwide in 2020, by leading company [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119195/global-number-of-blockchain-patent-applications-publicly-filed-by-leading-company/
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