US Patent 9,941,696 B2 granted
Company: CleanSpark
The claim, verbatim
US Patent 9,941,696 B2 granted April 10, 2018 protecting software systems for establishing communication and power sharing links between components of distributed energy systems
Source (primary)
CleanSpark 10-K filed 2019-01-15 (SEC EDGAR, sec_filing)
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Quote: “We were granted a new 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,"”
How we checked this
Checked on October 11, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The 10-K states the patent number, title, April 10, 2018 grant date, and that it protects the company's software systems.
Confirmed in the source:
- CleanSpark was granted US Patent 9,941,696 B2
- The patent was granted on April 10, 2018
- The patent is titled 'Establishing Communication and Power Sharing Links Between Components of a Distributed Energy System'
- The company describes the patent as protecting its software systems
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827876/000166357719000036/mainbody2.htm) in full (251,181 characters, retrieved September 13, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms CleanSpark 10-K filed 2019-01-15
Quote: “We were granted a new 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,"”
confirms CleanSpark 10-K filed 2019-01-15
Quote: “We were granted a new 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,'”