In the first half of 2020, 3,391 new blockchain patents were added, and the top 100 companies own more than 50% of the patents

Companion data has made statistics on the blockchain patents of Chinese enterprises as of June 30, 2020. As of June 30, the number of new public announcements (announcements) of blockchain patents in 2020 reached 3,391.

From 2016 to 2019, the number of blockchain patent publications (announcements) has been increasing year by year. In 2020, as of June 30, the number of new publications (announcements) in the first half of the year reached 3,391, already exceeding 50% of the total in 2019. It is expected that the total amount of publications (announcements) this year will exceed last year and hit a record high.

After statistically ranking the number of public (announced) patents of each enterprise, it is found that the number of new public (announced) blockchain patents of the top 100 enterprises accounts for more than 50% of the total. Among them, Shandong Aichengwang Information Technology Co., Ltd. reached the top with 240 cases. The three BAT Internet giants all entered the top ten. Tencent Technology ranked second with 173 cases. Alibaba and Alipay ranked third and fourth with 132 cases and 95 cases. Baidu ranked eighth with 42. Hangzhou Qulian Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Ruize Technology Co., Ltd., as companies whose main business is blockchain, although the overall scale is small, they have invested a large amount of capital in the layout of blockchain intellectual property rights. In 2020, new The number of blockchain patent disclosures (announcements) ranks in the top ten.