A new patent application from IBM published on July 5 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) outlines a way for developers to catalog coding updates and milestones on a blockchain. The application “Blockchain For Program Code Credit […]
According to a patent filing on June 21 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE) wants to use a blockchain to verify 3D-printed parts in its supply chain. The application outlines a method […]
According to a patent filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. retail giant Walmart has been awarded a patent for a system that would store medical records on a blockchain from a wearable device. This physical […]
On May 31st, IBM was approved two patents for a system that verifies the integrity of a blockchain, certifying that it has passed certain audit requirements at particular periods in time. The primary goal of the checkpoints is to […]
Winklevoss IP – owned by Gemini exchange founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – has acquired a patent for exchange-traded-products (ETPs) holding cryptocurrency. The patent was originally filed in December of last year and was released to the public on […]
Almost half of publicly listed Chinese banks announced that blockchain applications had been adopted for various use cases over the course of 2017, according to annual filing reports. 12 of 26 publicly listed Chinese banks have reportedly deployed blockchain in […]
According to information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), network tech giant Cisco submitted a patent application back in September 2015 for a “Crowd-sourced cloud computing” system. The patent specifically outlines how computer owners may have the ability to […]
Walmart Inc. began running pilots with IBM’s blockchain platform in back in 2016. Now, the retail-giant is ready for the real thing. According to Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety and health, the company is ready to use blockchain […]
Retail giant Walmart has acquired two patents, as published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Thursday, for payment data storage using blockchain technology. The two patents, which were initially submitted on October 13th of last year, reference […]
Ecommerce giant Amazon has acquired a 2014 USPTO patent for a data streaming marketplace which may allow users access to real-time cryptocurrency transaction data. The patent, “Steaming Data Marketplace,” provides an example as to how the technology would work. The […]
