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ARTICLE · 28 AUGUST 2025

Current Blockchain Patenting Trends Reveal A Clear Growth Phase For The Application Of Quantum Technology

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Since the publication of a Bitcoin Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, Blockchain has gathered a growing interest in various fields of technology.

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Stephane Antoine
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Since the publication of a Bitcoin Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, Blockchain has gathered a growing interest in various fields of technology.

In 2021, we wrote an article capturing a patent trend in this sector showing that from 2008 to 2018, the number of Blockchain patent families followed an exponential growth. We're now providing an update to that in 2025 showing the recent trends in Blockchain patent landscape.

Gradual decrease in first filings

The following Figure 1 shows an evolution of the number of Blockchain related priority patent applications filed worldwide from 2011 to 2023.

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Figure 1: Number of Priority filings "Blockchain"

This graph confirms the earlier exponential trend until 2018. However, the number of first filings worldwide appear to have increased year-on-year from 2019 at a much slower rate to culminate in 2021. Finally, the number of first filings has been gradually decreasing since then. To ensure that the graph captures all

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