The full text of the statistical caliber description: 1) search keywords: blockchain and similar or related keywords; 2) the scope of the search: title, abstract and rights description; 3) screening conditions: simple homologous application de-emphasis, the legal status of the substantive review, authorization, the PCT international publication, PCT entry into the designated country (refers to the periodical), the simple homologous application de-emphasis is in accordance with the acceptance of the Bureau of the statistics. 4) Deadline for statistics: August 30, 2021. 5) If there is any special statistical caliber, it will be noted at the bottom of the chart.

1, the global blockchain industry patent application overview

(1) technology cycle: in the period of rapid development

2010-2020, the global blockchain industry, the number of patent applicants and the number of patent applications have shown a growth trend. Overall, global blockchain technology is in a period of rapid development.

Note: The stage of the life cycle of the current technology field is analyzed by the change in the number of patent applications and the number of patent applicants over time.

(2) Patent Applications and Patent Granted: the number of patents and the number of patents granted in 2020 have decreased

The number of patent applications in the global blockchain industry from 2010 to 2020 has shown a year-on-year growth, and the number of patent applications in the global blockchain industry in 2020 will be 14,800.

In terms of patent authorization, the number of patents authorized in the global blockchain industry increased year by year from 2010 to 2018, and a downward trend began to appear in 2019, and the number of patents authorized in the global blockchain industry in 2020 was 2017, and the proportion of authorization was only 13.6%.

From January to August 2021, the number of patent applications and the number of patents granted in the global blockchain industry were 4,537 and 324, respectively, with the proportion of authorization at 7.09%. As of August 30, 2021, the number of patent applications in the global blockchain industry is 43,000 items.

Note: ①The patent grant rate indicates the efficiency of the application and the success rate of the submitted application that was eventually granted.

②Statistical note: If a 2012 patent application is granted in 2014, the granted patent will be shown in the 2012 patent application.

(3) Patent Legal Status: "Pending" Patents Predominate

Currently, most of the global blockchain patents are in the "pending" and "valid" states. Currently, most of the global blockchain patents are in the "pending" and "valid" status, and the total number of blockchain patents in these two statuses is 31,200 and 10,500 respectively, accounting for 73% and 24% of the total number of global blockchain patents, and the number of blockchain patents within the period of PCT enactment is only 1,414, which is about 3% of the total number of global blockchain patents.

(4) Patent market value: total value of more than $1.1 billion, with more patents under $30,000

Currently, the total value of patents in the global blockchain industry is $1.131 billion. Among them, the largest number of blockchain patents under $30,000 was filed, 32,800; followed by blockchain patents between $30,000 and $300,000, with a combined total of 3,810 patents filed.The smallest number of blockchain patents under $3,000,000 was filed, with 50 patents filed.

Statistical caliber: Statistics are performed according to the de-emphasis rule of one patent representative per group of simple homologous family, and any one patent with patent value in the same family is selected for display.

2, global blockchain industry patent technology type

(1) Patent type: invention patents accounted for as high as 96.67%

In terms of patent type, at present, there are 41,600 blockchain patents for invention patents, accounting for 96.67% of the global blockchain patent applications. The largest number of patent applications is 96.67%. The number of utility model blockchain patents and design-type blockchain patents are 1,279 and 153 respectively, accounting for 2.97% and 0.36% of the number of global blockchain patent applications.

(2) Technology Composition: the First Largest Technology Accounts for Nearly 15%

From the viewpoint of technology composition, at present, the "Security Device for Protecting a Computer, Its Components, Programs, or Data to Prevent Unauthorized Acts [8, 2013.01] [2013.01] " has the highest number of patent applications at 10,400, accounting for 14.57% of the total number of applications. This was followed by "Devices, Apparatus, Circuits and Systems Not Contained in Individual Groups H04L1/00 to H04L27/00 [5] [2006.01]", with 9,993 patent applications, or 14.05% of the total number of applications.

(3) Technology Focus: Top 10 Hottest

The top 10 hottest technology terms in global blockchain include smart contract, authentication method, power saving device, integrity, database, computer, management system, blockchain network, digital signature and user terminal. Further broken down, blockchain technology buzzwords include blockchain, blockchain technology, security, big data, management methods, and computer equipment. The details are as follows:

Note: The inner keywords of the Asahi chart are extracted from the last 5,000 patents. The outer keywords are further decomposition of the inner keywords.

(4) Cited Top Patents: the top ten patents were cited more than 1,500 times

Blockchain identity management system based on public **** identity ledger (Patent No.: US9635000B1) and asset trading platform and method of digitized authentication and transaction of assets (Patent No.: CN105956923A) are the two most cited blockchain patents, cited 262 and 217 times respectively. Other top ten cited patents are shown as follows:

3. Patent Competition in the Global Blockchain Industry

(1) Distribution of Technology Sources: China Accounts for the Highest Percentage

At present, the first major technology source country of global blockchain is China, and the number of China's blockchain Patent applications accounted for 63.52% of the total global blockchain patent applications; followed by the United States, the United States blockchain patent applications accounted for 15.44% of the total global blockchain patent applications. Although South Korea and Hong Kong, China ranked third and fourth, there is a large gap between their patent applications and those of China.

Statistical Note: ①Statistics are performed according to the de-emphasis rule of displaying one disclosure text per application, and the latest text on the disclosure date is selected for calculation. ② Statistics according to the patent priority countries, if there is no priority, then calculated in accordance with the receiving office country. If there is more than one priority country, then the earliest priority country.

(2) Regional Patent Application Distribution in China: Guangdong has the most

In China, Guangdong is the province with the largest number of blockchain patents filed, with a cumulative total of 8,481 blockchain patents filed. Beijing has also applied for more than 6,000 blockchain patents, while Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Shandong have all applied for more than 1,000 blockchain patents. China's top ten provinces (cities and autonomous regions) in terms of the number of blockchain patents currently applied for also include Sichuan, Fujian, Hubei and Shaanxi.

Statistical caliber note: Statistics according to the address submitted by the patent applicant.

(3) Patent Applicant Competition: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. Wins the Crown

The TOP 10 applicants for the number of patent applications in the global blockchain industry were Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd, Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Company Limited, International Business Machines Corporation, Shenzhen One Account Intelligent Technology Company Limited, China United Network Communications Group Limited, Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Beijing Ruize Technology Company Limited, and Hangzhou Complex Beauty Technology Company Limited.

Of these, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co. has the largest number of blockchain patent applications, at 1,476. Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co. ranked second, with 1,191 blockchain patent applications.

Note: The number of joint applications has not been excluded.

-- The above data refer to the China Blockchain Industry Market Outlook and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report