News & Analysis as of September 8, 2025

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves a fundamental role in the U.S. intellectual property system by issuing patents and registering trademarks.... more +

Crypto Unlocked: New Patent Eligibility Guidance on Blockchain Technology

Proskauer - The Patent Playbook on 9/3/2025

The U.S. gave crypto one of its biggest regulatory jolts in years. With the signing of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (“GENIUS”) Act stablecoins now have a legal framework. The GENIUS...more

As Blockchain Goes Mainstream, Patent Applicants Face Familiar Hurdles

Fish & Richardson on 5/8/2019

Over the past several years, blockchain and the technologies based on it – most notably cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum – have dominated much of the discourse in the banking and financial services industries. ...more

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - November 2018

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 11/15/2018

Technology Spotlight - Patenting Blockchain Technology - Blockchain is a booming technology, causing a dramatic increase in patent filings at the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. The November 2018 issue of Sterne Kessler’s...more

The Blockchain Revolution: Time to Ramp Up Your Software Patenting Effort?

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 8/27/2018

As you read this article, hundreds of startups and other organizations are working on blockchain applications in such areas as energy trading, data storage trading, peer-to-peer lending, and verifying professional or other...more

Drafting Effective Blockchain Patents

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/2/2018

As the number of blockchain-based patents and patent applications increases, more companies have become interested in pursuing these patents. Other companies still think that blockchain-based inventions are not patentable....more

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