U.S. Patent 10114980 was awarded to Acronis International GmbH on October 30, 2018 and is entitled “System and method for verifying data integrity 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 provided for verifying data integrity for large volumes of critical data using blockchain technology. An exemplary method includes storing data files in electronic storage; creating a hash values for of each of the files; and transmitting the hash values to a blockchain network in which one or more nodes in the blockchain network adds the first hash values as blocks to the blockchain. Moreover, an API is provided to monitor data operations performed on the data files and transmit metadata of any operations performed to a transaction log. In turn, hash values relating to the data operations are also created and transmitted to the blockchain network to be added as additional blocks in the blockchain, such that the blockchain can be used to verify the accuracy of the data files stored on the electronic storage. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 21, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/215775 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10114980. The primary examiner was Mohammed Waliullah.

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 4 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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