Ripple Labs has a total of 35 patents globally, out of which 15 have been granted. Of these 35 patents, more than 63% patents are active. United States of America is where Ripple Labs has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe (EPO) and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for Ripple Labs is USA. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Ripple Labs.
Ripple Labs was founded in 2012 by Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb. Ripple is a global payments network powered by the power of the digital asset XRP. Banks and payment providers can process their customers’ payments anywhere in the world instantly, reliably and cost-effectively.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Ripple Labs which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Ripple Labs patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Ripple Labs patent portfolio.
How many patents does Ripple Labs have?
Ripple Labs has a total of 35 patents globally. These patents belong to 15 unique patent families. Out of 35 patents, 22 patents are active.
How many Ripple Labs patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Ripple Labs File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Ripple Applications Filed | Ripple Patents Granted |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 9 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | – |
How Many Patents did Ripple Labs File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Ripple Labs Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 29 |
| Europe | 2 |
Where are Research Centers of Ripple Labs Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the Ripple Labs patents is the United States of America.
10 Best Ripple Labs Patents
EP3054405A1 is the most popular patent in the Ripple Labs portfolio. It has received 40 citations so far from companies like IBM, Alibaba Group and Deutsche Telekom.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Ripple Labs:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| EP3054405A1 | 40 |
| US20200204338A1 | 10 |
| US9904544B2 | 7 |
| US20200202349A1 | 5 |
| US10902416B1 | 4 |
| US20190253242A1 | 4 |
| US20210192501A1 | 4 |
| US11551191B2 | 3 |
| US20200202344A1 | 3 |
| US20200104228A1 | 3 |
List of Ripple Labs Patents
| Publication Number | Title |
| US11855955B2 | Obscured Routing |
| US11552924B2 | Obscured Routing |
| US11551191B2 | Network Computing System Executing Programmatic Adapters To Implement Asynchronous Communications |
| US11531603B2 | Byzantine Agreement In Open Networks |
| US11195155B2 | Network Computing System Executing Failover State Upon Detection Of A Downed Exchange |
| US10902416B1 | Network Computing System Implementing On-Demand Liquidity For Cross-Medium Transaction Services |
| US10902389B1 | Network Computing System Executing Programmatic Adapters To Implement Asynchronous Communications |
| US10853064B2 | System And Method For Ensuring Correct Execution Of Software |
| US10798049B2 | Obscured Routing |
| US10789068B2 | System And Method For Verifying Sequence Of Instructions Of Software |
| US10721180B2 | Resource Path Monitoring |
| US10511520B1 | Multi-Hop Path Finding |
| US10419359B2 | Resource Path Monitoring |
| US10021040B2 | Resource Path Monitoring |
| US9904544B2 | System And Method For Determining That Results Produced From Executions Of Software Have Not Been Altered Or Falsified |
| US20240112156A1 | Optimizing Ledger Usage And Liquidation Operations Thereon |
| US20240112157A1 | Liquidation Management Operations For Improved Ledger Performance |
| US20230214799A1 | Network Computing System Executing Programmatic Adapters To Implement Asynchronous Communications |
| US20200351217A1 | Resource Path Monitoring |
| US20190253242A1 | Random Oracles In Open Networks |
| EP4372651A2 | Temporary Consensus Subnetwork In A Distributed Network For Payment Processing |
| EP3054405A1 | Temporary Consensus Subnetwork In A Distributed Network For Payment Processing |
| US20210192501A1 | Network Computing System Implementing On-Demand Liquidity To Facilitate Direct Cross-Medium Transactions |
| US20210089300A1 | System And Method For Identifying Particular Computer Platform Associated With Potential Altered Or Falsified Execution Of Copy Of Software |
| US20200204338A1 | Securing Public Key Cryptographic Algorithms |
| US20200202344A1 | Private Asset Transactions |
| US20200202349A1 | Multiple Asset Transactions |
| US20200120014A1 | Multi-Hop Path Finding |
| US20200104228A1 | Asynchronous Self-Proving Transactions |
| US20200014632A1 | Resource Path Monitoring |
| US20190158418A1 | Exchange Hosting Server |
| WO2021126787A1 | Network Computing System Implementing On-Demand Liquidity For Cross-Medium Transaction Services |
| WO2019231812A1 | Multi-Hop Path Finding |
| WO2019157475A1 | Byzantine Agreement In Open Networks |
| WO2019023372A1 | Electronic Payment Network Security |
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- Unleashing the Blockchain’s Potential: The current global payment infrastructure is inadequate to fulfil the needs of today’s businesses and consumers. Financial institutions can substantially enhance the speed, cost, and reliability of how consumers transact throughout the world by harnessing the power of blockchain and digital asset technologies.
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Ripple’s global payment solutions are transforming the way vulnerable people, remitters, and small businesses send and receive money across borders throughout the world.
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What are Ripple’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Ripple?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Ripple in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Ripple thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Ripple search focus changed over the years?
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