U.S. Patent 10649953 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on May 12, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain-based data migration method and apparatus.” The first named inventor is Xinying Yang of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A latest block associated with a blockchain is received at a blockchain node device, where the blockchain node device includes a first storage system and a second storage system, and where the second storage system is interconnected with the first storage system. The latest block is stored at the blockchain node device and in the first storage system. Whether a migration trigger event for block data stored in the first storage system is detected determining by the blockchain node device. The block data stored in the first storage system and exists prior to a migration reference time is migrated to the second storage system. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 30, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/427032 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10649953. The primary examiner was Kristopher Andersen.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1834 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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