Patent Theme
Digital Twins & Blockchain for Assets
Creating virtual representations (digital twins) of physical industrial assets or processes for simulation and analysis, often combined with blockchain technology for secure data traceability and distributed control.
6,136 US filings from 1,550 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,617 · 2024: 2,039 · 2025: 1,742 · 2026 YTD: 738
Industrial Control Systems
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 | 493 | 98 | 176 | 172 | 47 | -2.3% |
| 2 | International Business Machines Corporation | 206 | 95 | 63 | 32 | 16 | -49.2% |
| 3 | Bank of America Corporation | 162 | 32 | 66 | 47 | 17 | -28.8% |
| 4 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 116 | 21 | 40 | 39 | 16 | -2.5% |
| 5 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 94 | 7 | 27 | 46 | 14 | +70.4% |
| 6 | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. | 79 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 13 | +27.3% |
| 7 | Capital One Services, LLC | 78 | 13 | 36 | 22 | 7 | -38.9% |
| 8 | Mastercard International Incorporated | 76 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 9 | Coinbase, Inc. | 75 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 12 | -20.0% |
| 10 | PAYPAL, INC. | 53 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | -15.4% |
| 11 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY | 53 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 5 | -65.5% |
| 12 | Ava Labs, Inc. | 48 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | +81.8% |
| 13 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 47 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | -23.8% |
| 14 | TRETE Inc. | 44 | · | 5 | 28 | 11 | +460.0% |
| 15 | Visa International Service Association | 44 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | -55.6% |
| 16 | Citibank, N.A. | 40 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 5 | -47.4% |
| 17 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 38 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | -30.8% |
| 18 | Honeywell International Inc. | 35 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 7 | -53.8% |
| 19 | Oracle International Corporation | 34 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | +18.2% |
| 20 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 34 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 3 | +160.0% |
| 21 | NIKE, Inc. | 33 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | -27.3% |
| 22 | eBay Inc. | 31 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | -12.5% |
| 23 | Rebate Assets, LLC | 31 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | +75.0% |
| 24 | Salesforce, Inc. | 28 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | -84.6% |
| 25 | Unstoppable Domains, Inc. | 26 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | +100.0% |