U.S. Patent 10917230 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on February 09, 2021 and is entitled “Managing sensitive data elements in a blockchain network.” The first named inventor is Zhiyuan Feng 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 media, for managing sensitive data elements stored in a blockchain network. One of the methods includes receiving a request from a client device to perform a modification to a watch list that is stored in the blockchain network. The watch list includes one or more sensitive data elements. The blockchain network node determines whether the client device is authorized to modify the watch list based on a digital signature in the request. In response to determining that the client device is authorized to modify the watch list, a consensus procedure is performed on the request within the blockchain network. After a consensus is achieved, the blockchain network node updates the watch list based on the modification to the watch list. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 30, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/587641 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10917230. The primary examiner was Samson B Lemma.

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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