According to the latest patent application data disclosed by China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on February 16 and February 23, Zhejiang University, Shenzhen University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have applied for some blockchain patents, which also shows The interest of domestic academic institutions in the area of blockchain research and development is growing day by day, and the related research investment will be further expanded.
As with the domestic strategy to promote the application of financial technology, more and more blockchain technology companies are seeking industry-related patents.As previously reported by 36Kr, Bank of China has applied for a patent to solve the problem of blockchain expansion.
According to a record released by state intellectual property, Zhejiang University hopes the patent application is a cloud-based blockchain system to facilitate cross-border payment transactions, the school explained in its patent filings that the blockchain system will Record transaction requests from payment originators without trading through a third party as a trustee, all transactions are recorded in decentralized blockchain ledger supported by the distributed cloud server.
In addition, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Beijing, has also applied for a system that can 'simultaneously support both public, private and affiliate blockchains'.
On the other hand, the patents applied by Shenzhen University are 'more popular' and their patents are mainly used to protect the intellectual property rights of artists and they hope to use blockchain technology as a means of marking and tracking their works. If the patent can be fully realized, The system also provides support for tamper-resistant artwork trading systems.