U.S. Patent 10986177 was awarded to 0Chain, LLC on April 20, 2021 and is entitled “Systems and methods of self-forking blockchain protocol.” The first named inventor is Saswata Basu of Cupertino, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A multi-dimensional blockchain protocol designed to self-fork into multiple chains, scale infinitely, achieve zero cost transactions, sub-second finality and open new markets for sharders, blobbers, developers, and content publishers, while managing a low inflation rate. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 03, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/027248 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10986177. The primary examiner was Kambiz Zand.

0Chain, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 5 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 1 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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