Patent Theme
Digital Asset Management
Technologies for securing, managing, and transacting with virtual currencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other blockchain-based digital assets, including hardware wallets and tokenization schemes for various purposes.
7,315 US filings from 1,680 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,770 · 2024: 2,493 · 2025: 2,157 · 2026 YTD: 895
Business Methods & Fintech
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | NCHAIN LICENSING AG | 359 | 67 | 126 | 121 | 45 | -4.0% |
| 2 | Bank of America Corporation | 311 | 62 | 135 | 93 | 21 | -31.1% |
| 3 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 211 | 32 | 67 | 87 | 25 | +29.9% |
| 4 | Capital One Services, LLC | 192 | 34 | 83 | 53 | 22 | -36.1% |
| 5 | Coinbase, Inc. | 124 | 18 | 39 | 42 | 25 | +7.7% |
| 6 | Visa International Service Association | 122 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 12 | -17.9% |
| 7 | PAYPAL, INC. | 118 | 41 | 40 | 29 | 8 | -27.5% |
| 8 | Mastercard International Incorporated | 109 | 42 | 35 | 26 | 6 | -25.7% |
| 9 | International Business Machines Corporation | 102 | 38 | 36 | 21 | 7 | -41.7% |
| 10 | 2BC Innovations, LLC | 96 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 28 | -20.6% |
| 11 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 68 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | -31.0% |
| 12 | Block, Inc. | 66 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 17 | -30.0% |
| 13 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | 64 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 11 | +13.3% |
| 14 | TRETE Inc. | 54 | · | 9 | 30 | 15 | +233.3% |
| 15 | VERONA HOLDINGS SEZC | 53 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 3 | +11.1% |
| 16 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 47 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 5 | +70.0% |
| 17 | Ava Labs, Inc. | 44 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 7 | +100.0% |
| 18 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | 44 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 8 | +171.4% |
| 19 | Artema Labs, Inc | 44 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 6 | +25.0% |
| 20 | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | 43 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 10 | +8.3% |
| 21 | Nant Holdings IP, LLC | 40 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Rebate Assets, LLC | 39 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 4 | +88.9% |
| 23 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY | 39 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 3 | -73.1% |
| 24 | NIKE, Inc. | 36 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 5 | -56.2% |
| 25 | WORLDPAY, LLC | 35 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 4 | +37.5% |