U.S. Patent 11005653 was awarded to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on May 11, 2021 and is entitled “Integrated method and device for storing and sharing data.” The first named inventor is Stephane Chopart of Les Pennes Mirabeau, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The present invention relates to a method for sharing secure data between players (5) on a net said method comprising a cryptography step for data using an asymmetrical cryptographic method with double keys, each player (5) having at least one said double key. The method includes a step for initializing (STP1) a blockchain that includes an operation for storing, at least one initialization block (26) in the blockchain by a predetermined authority using at least one computer, said at least one initialization block (26) comprising at least one said transaction (36) that includes an identity record (84) of a major player, said authority no longer intervening at the end of the initialization step (STP1) at least outside a reinitialization step of a player. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 19, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/313582 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11005653. The primary examiner was Yonas A Bayou.

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 442 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 2 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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