U.S. Patent 11126596 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on September 21, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain consensus method and device.” The first named inventor is Shifeng Wang of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The present application discloses a blockchain consensus method and device. In the blockchain consensus method, a blockchain node obtains service data on which to perform consensus processing. A service type of the service data is determined. At least one consensus node that provides a consensus service is selected by the blockchain node and from a consensus network based on the service type. The blockchain node sends the service data to the at least one consensus node, so that the at least one consensus node performs consensus processing on the service data. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 06, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/921212 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11126596. The primary examiner was Michelle N Owyang.

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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