U.S. Patent 11093650 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on August 17, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain-based copyright distribution.” The first named inventor is Lindong Liu of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

This disclosure relates to blockchain-based copyright distribution. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a node device of a blockchain network, a target transaction including design data of a target work and an identity of a target copyright user corresponding to the target work. Design similarity comparison logic and copyright distribution logic are executed. The design data of the target work is compared with the design data of the existing work stored in the first smart contract to obtain a target similarity between the target work and the existing work. A copyright for the target work is distributed between the target copyright user and a copyright user corresponding to the existing work based on the target similarity. Copyright distribution data that specifies distribution of the copyright between the target copyright user and the copyright user corresponding to the existing work is stored in the first smart contract. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 21, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/129455 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11093650. The primary examiner was Hosuk Song.

Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1031 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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