U.S. Patent 10659473 was awarded to NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY on May 19, 2020 and is entitled “Method and apparatus for blockchain powered integrity protection system.” The first named inventor is Matteo Signorini of Munich, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for using blockchains as an integrity tracking tool for network elements, the method including the steps of receiving, by a blockchain network, a patch request from a patch initiator, validating, by the blockchain network, the patch request and writing the patch request on the blockchain, transmitting, by the blockchain network, the patch request to a network element, receiving, by the blockchain network, a patch report from the network element, and validating, by the blockchain network, the patch report and writing the patch report on the blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 09, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/808723 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10659473. The primary examiner was Eric W Shepperd.

NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1781 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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