U.S. Patent 10903981 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on January 26, 2021 and is entitled “Log-structured storage systems.” The first named inventor is Shikun Tian of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage devices, for data processing and storage. One of the systems includes a first tier storage device with a first performance characteristic and a second tier storage device with a second performance characteristic inferior to the first performance characteristic. The first tier storage device stores a first data log file that includes first blockchain data generated by a blockchain network. The second tier storage device stores a second data log file that includes second blockchain data generated by the blockchain network at an earlier time than the first blockchain data. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 12, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/712436 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10903981. The primary examiner was Tae K Kim.

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 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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