United States Patent and Trademark Office to Issue Asset Tokenization Patent to Datavault AI
USPTO Allowance Strengthens an International Tokenization Patent Portfolio Spanning More Than 100 Patents and Applications
Datavault AI Inc. ("Datavault AI" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:DVLT), a provider of data monetization, credentialing, digital engagement, and real-world asset (‘RWA') tokenization technologies, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance, dated June 4, 2026, for U.S. Patent Application. "System and Method for Tokenized Minting, Authentication, and Utilization of Assets"
The application addresses the full lifecycle of a tokenized asset on the Company's platform: the minting of a tokenized representation of a physical or digital asset, the authentication of that asset and its associated ownership records, and the governed utilization of the resulting token across digital platforms and exchanges.
USPTO actions advancing the Company's tokenization included data monetization portfolio and two related Notices of Allowance: one on June 3, 2026 for "Platform and Method for Tokenizing Content" and one on April 22, 2026 for "Platform for Management of User Data Utilizing a Data Platform." Together, the three applications extend protection across the asset, content, and data-management layers of the Company's industry leading technology stack.
The patent portfolio protects technology that has already generated commercial results and is among the patent assets supporting the Company's previously announced $10 million worldwide exclusive license agreement, and the same patent family underpins the tokenization platform behind the $750 million in tokenization contracts and $77 million in associated fees that the Company reported for the first quarter of 2026. Through the Information Data Exchange® (IDE®), the Company converts commodities, real estate, data, and other real-world assets into compliant digital instruments for partners across fintech, healthcare, biotech, energy,
According to Ripple and Boston Consulting Group (2025), the market for tokenized real-world assets is projected to grow from approximately $0.6 trillion in 2025 to $18.9 trillion by 2033, a 53 percent compound annual growth rate.
The portfolio expansion occurs as the United States moves toward its first comprehensive federal framework for digital assets under the CLARITY Act, a regulatory shift the Company addressed in its May 11, 2026 positioning release. As RWA tokenization formalizes under U.S. regulation, the Company believes that patented infrastructure for minting, authenticating, and utilizing tokenized assets will become a defining competitive differentiator for institutional adoption.
In total, the Company's U.S. licensed and International patents, across its tokenization, acoustics and data monetization comprise a portfolio of more than 100 patents.
"We are working with enterprise and government organizations to implement our technologies inside their scale," said Nathaniel T. Bradley, CEO of Datavault AI. "When partners bring gold, real estate, genomic data, or any valuable data onto our platform, we enable them to monetize these assets for the first time. Scoring, valuing, and exchanging real-world assets in their token form is something that we have perfected with an enterprise portfolio built to protect it. Mass commercialization is achieved when the compliant infrastructure is scaled through our exchange, licensing strategies, and our team's best."
About Datavault AI
Datavault AI™ (NASDAQ:DVLT) is leading the way in AI-driven data experiences, valuation, and monetization of assets in the Web 3.0 environment. The Company's cloud-based platform provides comprehensive solutions with a collaborative focus in its Acoustic Sciences and Data Sciences divisions.
Datavault AI's Acoustic Sciences division features WiSA®, ADIO®, and Sumerian® patented technologies and industry-first foundational spatial and multichannel wireless, high-definition sound transmission technologies with intellectual property covering audio timing, synchronization, and multi-channel interference cancellation. The Data Science division leverages the power of Web 3.0 and high-performance computing to provide solutions for experiential data perception, valuation, and secure monetization.
Datavault AI's platform serves multiple industries, including high-performance computing software licensing for sports & entertainment, events & venues, biotech, education, fintech, real estate, healthcare, energy, and more. The Information Data Exchange® enables Digital Twins and the licensing of name, image, and likeness by securely attaching physical real-world objects to immutable metadata, fostering responsible AI with integrity. The Company's technology suite is fully customizable and offers AI- and machine-learning-based automation, third-party integration, detailed analytics and data, marketing automation, and advertising monitoring.
The Company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. For more information, visit www.dvlt.ai. Investor information is available at ir.datavaultsite.com. Technology news and insights are published at dvlt.ai/insights.
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Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these and other forward-looking statements contained herein.
Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: the risk that U.S. Patents do not issue as a patent, issue with claims narrower than those allowed, or is subsequently challenged, invalidated, or circumvented; the risk that the Company's issued patents, allowed applications, and registered trademarks do not provide meaningful competitive protection or generate anticipated licensing revenue; uncertainties regarding third-party market projections for tokenized assets; changes in market demand for Datavault AI's services and products; changes in economic, market, or regulatory conditions; risks relating to evolving regulatory frameworks applicable to tokenized assets; risks associated with technological development and integration; and other risks and uncertainties as more fully described in Datavault AI's filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and other filings that Datavault AI makes from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, and could cause actual results to vary from expectations.
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