This article was co-authored by former USPTO primary examiner Shawn Joseph.While many in software patent industry long feared that the reverberations left from Alice...
The list includes patents in the financial technology industry, including patents related to securities, business transactions, financial instruments, financial and transactional security and cryptography. #1 US Patent No. US 11,270,276 (State Farm) Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED PAYMENTS Inventor/Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY Abstract: Methods and systems for processing a blockchain comprising […]
These patents include SaaS and similar technologies, such as Platform-as-a-Service, Data-as-a-Service, Blockchain-as-a-Service. The list might also include technologies that assist, work with, or improve SaaS and similar technologies, such as business intelligence, data mining, cloud computing, and cloud services. #1 US Patent No. US 11,269,596 (IBM) Title: AUTOMATED MICROSERVICE CREATION BASED ON USER INTERACTION Inventor/Assignee: […]
Short Answer: Yes. And if you already created your MVP (Minimum Viable Product), you should probably hurry. Click here to find strategies for protecting your SaaS business intellectual property. Not sure about patents, SaaS, or MVPs? This article explains why most businesses should patent their SaaS MVP as soon as possible, even before starting research […]
It has long been debated whether software should be patent eligible. Advocates of patenting are typically individuals or companies who desire to protect their technological inventions. Adversaries to patenting argue that patenting stifles innovation by putting a hold on technological developments. Recently, the landmark case Alice v. CLS Bank, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014), established […]
The United States first recognized the importance of patents before its founding and authorized the granting of patents in Article One, section 8, clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The first patent law was passed several years later, in 1790. As such, U.S. patents have a history of over two hundred and thirty years. The […]
