U.S. Patent 11120153 was awarded to CHINA UNIONPAY CO., LTD. on September 14, 2021 and is entitled “Resource file processing system and method based on blockchain structure.” The first named inventor is Limin Zhang of Beijing, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The present invention provides a resource file processing method based on a blockchain structure. The method includes a member node in a blockchain including at least one supervision node and at least one member node constructs a resource file registration request according to a user instruction, and sends the resource file registration request to one of the at least one supervision node. According to the resource file registration request from any member node, the at least one supervision node audits and registers a resource file indicated by the resource file registration request, and transmits the registration result back to the member node initiating the resource file registration request. The at least one member node performs an operation on a real physical resource associated with the registered resource file by performing data communication with another member node. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 08, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 16/334278 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11120153. The primary examiner was Shin-Hon (Eric) Chen.

CHINA UNIONPAY CO., LTD., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 56 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 0 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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