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Bank of America and IBM Lead on Blockchain Patents, but Start-ups and Specialists Dominate
Flexslider January 16, 2018 , by Steel Rose Comments Off on Bank of America and IBM Lead on Blockchain Patents, but Start-ups and Specialists Dominate 96As the fluctuating bitcoin market has everyone talking, new research has thrown light on which companies are the leading filers of patents related to blockchain, the technology which underpins the world’s best known cryptocurrency, but whose application could extend to multiple different sectors. Among the leaders are the giant financial institutions Bank of America (which takes the top spot with 43 patents) and Fidelity (which boasts 14 grants), payments leader Mastercard (joint second with 27) and, by far the leading tech player, IBM (another sharing second with 27 patents).
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