U.S. Patent 10505718 was awarded to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. on December 10, 2019 and is entitled “Systems, devices, and techniques for registering user equipment (UE) in wireless networks using a native blockchain platform.” The first named inventor is Om Prakash Suthar of Bolingbrook, IL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A network function (NF) entity in a communication network determines a User Equipment (UE) supports a blockchain authentication procedure, exchanges authentication messages with a Blockchain Authentication Function (BAF) entity over a blockchain network interface (e.g., based on the blockchain authentication procedure), receives a blockchain authentication confirmation from the BAF entity, and registers the UE based on the blockchain authentication confirmation. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 18, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/134887 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10505718. The primary examiner was Dao Q Ho.

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 16856 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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