Source: Mark Jones, Blockchain Technology News Mastercard has filed a number of new patents in the US, outlining how distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used to keep track of consumer payments. As reported by CoinDesk, the patent filings published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the company describes DLT being used to record […]
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Large institutions and multinational corporations are scrambling to acquire intellectual property, and Mastercard has submitted a new patent application for a new method of verifying coupon authenticity using blockchain technology. The application that was filed on November 29, 2016 is titled, “Method and System for Authentication of Coupons vis Blockchain” and was published on May […]
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In a race to claim intellectual property related to blockchain technology, Intel and other companies have been filing patents with the USPTO and internationally. The most recent filing by Intel was released on Thursday, where the company has laid claim to a method for verifying transactions on a distributed ledger. The inventors of this method […]
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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss’s company, Winklevoss IP, has been awarded a utility patent on the settlement of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) that hold cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. According to the patent filed with the USPTO, the intellectual property pertains to “systems, methods, and program products for operating exchange traded products holding digital math-based assets.” […]
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