U.S. Patent 10833875 was awarded to Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. on November 10, 2020 and is entitled “Methods and devices for processing certificates in blockchain system.” The first named inventor is Yanpeng Li of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and apparatuses, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for processing certificates in a blockchain system. One of the methods includes: causing a smart contract to be generated in the blockchain system, wherein the smart contract includes computer-readable instructions for processing certificates; after the smart contract is generated, sending a first request for a first transaction to the blockchain system, the first transaction causing the blockchain system to execute the smart contract to generate a certificate specification based on the first request; receiving, from the blockchain system, the certificate specification; and sending, to the blockchain system, a second request for a plurality of second transactions, the plurality of second transactions causing the blockchain system to execute the smart contract to generate a plurality of certificates. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 18, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/877205 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10833875. The primary examiner was Sher A Khan.

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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