Patent protection for distributed energy system control technology
Company: CleanSpark
The claim, verbatim
CleanSpark was granted U.S. Patent No. 9,941,696 B2 on April 10, 2018, protecting the Company's engineering and data-analytics technologies for distributed energy systems.
Source (primary)
CleanSpark 10-K filed 2019-12-16 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “We were granted a United States Patents on April 10, 2018 protecting our software systems. The patent, "Establishing Communication and Power Sharing Links Between Components of a Distributed Energy System, US 9,941, 696 B2," is a patent that specifically addresses our engineering and data-analytics technologies, processes and procedures.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 23, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The filing identifies the patent, its April 10, 2018 grant date and its subject matter.
Confirmed in the source:
- CleanSpark was granted a United States patent on April 10, 2018
- The patent is US 9,941,696 B2, 'Establishing Communication and Power Sharing Links Between Components of a Distributed Energy System'
- The patent addresses CleanSpark's engineering and data-analytics technologies, processes and procedures
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357719000420/clsk.htm) in full (282,479 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms CleanSpark 10-K filed 2019-12-16
Quote: “We were granted a United States Patents on April 10, 2018 protecting our software systems. The patent, "Establishing Communication and Power Sharing Links Between Components of a Distributed Energy System, US 9,941, 696 B2," is a patent that specifically addresses our engineering and data-analytics technologies, processes and procedures.”