On July 1, the China Patent Protection Association released the “Global Blockchain Patent Report 2020”, which analyzes the development status of the block chain from the authorized patents. According to the report, as of May 14, 2020, there are a total of 3,924 authorized patents in the blockchain field in the world, of which the most are US patents, accounting for 39%, South Korea is second, accounting for 21%, China ranks third, accounting for 19%. 
From the perspective of the enterprise, the report is based on ownership The number of granted patents divides the patentee into 3 echelons. 
Rating of patent holders of patents granted worldwide The official public number map of the China Patent Protection Association
The first echelon has more than 100 authorized patents, including Ali Baba (Alipay), IBM and Coinplug in South Korea. Among them, Alibaba (including Alipay) ranked first, with 212 authorized patents worldwide, more than 80 second place IBM. And 126 of the 212 authorized patents are authorized patents in countries/regions outside China, and the percentage of overseas authorizations exceeds 59%.
The report analyzes and believes that Alibaba (Alipay) has focused on the global blockchain layout from the beginning, and has a high technical content to obtain overseas authorization approval.
The second echelon has 30-100 patents, including Accenture in the United States, Bank of America, and Tencent in China. However, the number of patents of Accenture in this echelon is only 49, which is far from the first echelon.
It is worth noting that in the first and second echelon, only Chinese companies Alibaba (Alipay) and Tencent are on the list, and 7 of the 12 companies are US companies. .
In addition, focusing on Chinese companies, in addition to Alibaba (Alipay) and Tencent, China Unicom, Ping An Technology and other companies also have blockchain A small number of authorized patents.
Top Chinese Patent Owner Entities Official Public Number Map of China Patent Protection Association
According to the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office, China Patent Protection Association is officially approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs A national civil society organization in charge of the business of the Intellectual Property Office. The association is a national non-profit social group composed of enterprises and institutions voluntarily and mainly composed of Chinese enterprises and institutions.
This report is based on Derwent Innovation’s search and analyzes the overall innovation trends in the blockchain field from the public patents that have been authorized, as well as the global and Chinese scope Applicants who have obtained more authorized patents.
With a complete list of authorized patent rankings: