U.S. Patent 10432411 was awarded to Acronis International GmbH on October 01, 2019 and is entitled “System and method for file time-stamping using a blockchain network.” The first named inventor is Serguei M. Beloussov of Costa Del Sol, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A system and method is provided for storing data and ensuring integrity and reliability of the data using blockchain technology. An exemplary method is provided for time-stamping a file to be added to a blockchain network. The method includes generating a data file; identifying a hash value from a first block previously recorded in the blockchain network; embedding a beacon relating to the hash value in the data file; and recording the data file with the embedded beacon as a transaction in a second block in the blockchain network. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 10, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/591294 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10432411. The primary examiner was Dao Q Ho.

Acronis International GmbH, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 119 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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