U.S. Patent protection for mPulse distributed energy management software
Company: CleanSpark
The claim, verbatim
CleanSpark was granted U.S. Patent No. 9,941,696 B2 on April 10, 2018, protecting its mPulse software systems. The patent covers CleanSpark's ability to receive data from multiple sources within a microgrid, analyze data to forecast power needs, and determine when to share power with requesting modules.
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. The patent covers our ability to receive data from a plurality of sources within a microgrid, which is then analyzed to forecast power needs across the microgrid, or a combination of multiple 'fractal' microgrids, and then determining whether or when to share power with the requesting module.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 23, 2026. The cited source supports part of this claim, but not all of it.
The 10-K confirms the patent number, grant date and what the patent covers, but it describes the patent as protecting 'our software systems' and its microgrid business generally. It never ties the patent specifically to the mPulse product.
Confirmed in the source:
- CleanSpark was granted U.S. Patent No. 9,941,696 B2 on April 10, 2018
- The patent is titled 'Establishing Communication and Power Sharing Links Between Components of a Distributed Energy System'
- The patent protects CleanSpark's software systems
- The patent covers CleanSpark's ability to receive data from a plurality of sources within a microgrid
- The patent covers analyzing that data to forecast power needs across the microgrid
- The patent covers determining whether or when to share power with the requesting module
We could not confirm this from the cited source:
- The patent specifically protects CleanSpark's mPulse software, as opposed to its software systems generally
That does not mean it is false — only that this source does not establish it, as of the date above. If we find a source that settles it, we will re-check and update this page.
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. The patent covers our ability to receive data from a plurality of sources within a microgrid, which is then analyzed to forecast power needs across the microgrid, or a combination of multiple 'fractal' microgrids, and then determining whether or when to share power with the requesting module.”