U.S. Patent 10984913 was awarded to Netspective Communications LLC on April 20, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain system for natural language processing.” The first named inventor is Shahid N. Shah of Silver Spring, MD. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain configured system includes a router and a blockchain configured record bank. The router collects data and converts it in a format in accordance with a defined standard. The blockchain configured record bank can include or be coupled to a data repository. The blockchain configured record bank can be configured to be coupled to the data provider through the router over a communication network. The blockchain configured record bank stores the data received from the data provider and can be accessible or searchable from within or outside the blockchain configured record bank. The blockchain configured record bank can be coupled to or include a data logging unit that maintains metadata associated with the data and configured to facilitate natural language processing capabilities. The router and the blockchain configured record bank may be coupled to machine learning system, metadata validation system, and master data validation system. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 22, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/389243 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10984913. The primary examiner was Fonya M Long.

Netspective Communications LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 19 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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