eBay Physical Vault for NFT Digital Twins
Summary
eBay Inc. filed patent application EP4156044A1 published by the EPO on April 15, 2026, covering a physical vault system for storing physical items paired with NFT digital twins recorded on a blockchain. Inventors include Andrew Chalkley, Eswara Satya Pavan Rajesh Pinapala, Ganesh Kautik Talele, Michael Cheung, Akshada Ravindra More, and Donald Siu Tsun Kwan. The application covers IPC classifications G06Q 10/00, G06Q 10/08, G06Q 10/083, G06Q 10/0835, G06Q 10/087, and G06Q 50/28, designating 31 European contracting states. This represents an emerging application of blockchain/NFT technology to physical asset management in e-commerce contexts.
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The EPO published eBay Inc.'s patent application EP4156044A1 for a physical vault system designed to store physical items alongside their corresponding NFT digital twins on a blockchain. The system allows owners to maintain both the physical item and its blockchain-based digital twin within a vault environment.
Affected parties include e-commerce platforms, blockchain technology providers, and digital asset management services exploring NFT-physical asset pairing solutions. No compliance obligations are created by this publication; patent applications are informational records of intellectual property filings.
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PHYSICAL STORAGE VAULT FOR PHYSICAL ITEMS OF DIGITAL TWIN NFTS
Publication EP4156044A1 Kind: A1 Apr 15, 2026
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eBay Inc.
Inventors
CHALKLEY, Andrew, PINAPALA, Eswara Satya Pavan Rajesh, TALELE, Ganesh Kautik, CHEUNG, Michael, MORE, Akshada Ravindra, SIU, Tsun Kwan Donald
IPC Classifications
G06Q 10/00 20230101AFI20230124BHEP G06Q 10/08 20230101ALI20230124BHEP G06Q 10/083 20230101ALI20230124BHEP G06Q 10/0835 20230101ALI20230124BHEP G06Q 10/087 20230101ALI20230124BHEP G06Q 50/28 20120101ALI20230124BHEP
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AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
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