ChainCatcher news, according to a report by the Financial界, the National Intellectual Property Administration's information shows that Nokia Technologies Limited has applied for a patent titled "Device Method and Computer Program," with publication number CN 119155674 A, and the application date is June 2024.The patent abstract indicates that it provides a device, method, and computer program for use in user devices to perform the following: encrypt digital assets using a first key to form encrypted digital assets; provide the encrypted digital assets and an index for the encrypted digital assets to a first network function; and provide an identifier for the encrypted digital assets to a first entity.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinpost, The Pokémon Company has obtained a patent related to distributed ledger and NFTs. It is reported that the patent application date was October 27, 2022, and the official approval registration date is June 25, 2024.According to the application content, the goal of the patent is to "preserve players' emotional connection to cards in digital TCGs (trading card games)." Through the NFT platform, users can freely trade and exchange cards used to build decks or collections, which will help increase trading volume and may also generate corresponding transaction fee revenue.In addition, the patent application also mentions that players can receive a certain "reward" based on the battle results in the game or by meeting specific conditions.

ChainCatcher news, the Japanese intellectual property platform J-PlatPat shows that the well-known anime and game IP "Pokémon" has completed a patent application regarding distributed ledger and NFTs by the company Pokémon.It is reported that Pokémon is the main company managing and operating the "Pokémon" IP, which was jointly established by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, based on a recently published series of patent applications, the Layer2 and NFT sectors seem to be the focus of PayPal's R&D efforts.Since September 21, PayPal has published three patent applications:One of the patent applications proposes a so-called new "method and system" to facilitate off-chain transactions through the NFT market.Another application mentions the concept of a "metaverse," suggesting a product that handles multiple metaverses. PayPal states that it has developed an "online transaction processor" that can provide recommendations on which digital assets users should purchase based on their blockchain preferences and the metaverses they interact with most frequently.The third application describes another conceptual "online transaction processor." The goal of this processor is to facilitate payments between users and merchants operating on different network layers (L1 and L2) in a more efficient manner.

ChainCatcher news, according to a joint survey by Nikkei Asia and research firm Cyber Creative Institute, which assessed about 20 categories of patents related to the metaverse, VR, and AR, among the 7,760 applications submitted since 2016, companies from the United States, South Korea, and China rank in the top three globally for metaverse patent applications. Companies from the United States account for 56% of the patents filed, South Korea for 19%, and China for 12%, followed by companies from Japan at 8%.In addition, according to company statistics, South Korean multinational LG Electronics has become the company with the most metaverse patents filed since 2016, followed by Samsung Electronics. American companies Meta, Microsoft, Intel, and Apple, as well as China's Huawei and Japan's Sony, also made it to the list of the top 20 metaverse patent applicants. (Forkast)

According to Chain Catcher news, data from the press conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on "Vigorously Developing the New Generation Information Technology Industry" shows that from January to July this year, the information technology service industry achieved a revenue of 3.03 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12%. The software industry accounted for 65.5% of the total revenue.In terms of sub-sectors, the cloud computing industry has an average growth rate of over 30%, with a global market share of 14.6%. Emerging technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and blockchain are accelerating innovation, and the number of international patent applications is steadily increasing, with blockchain patent applications accounting for over 84% globally. The pace of enterprises moving to the cloud is continuously accelerating, with more than 3.6 million enterprises in the country having adopted cloud services. (Cailian Press)