U.S. Patent 10789270 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on September 29, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain based data processing method and device.” The first named inventor is Hao Wu of Shenzhen, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Example methods, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and systems for blockchain-based data processing are provided herein. In one example method, a blockchain network is identified, where the blockchain network includes a plurality of blocks. For each particular block of the plurality of blocks, a series of operations can be performed. An identifier of the particular block and an identifier of service data stored in the particular block are determined. A first mapping relationship is established between the determined identifier of the particular block and the determined identifier of the service data stored in the particular block. That first mapping relationship for the particular block is then stored in a relational database. In some instances, determining the identifier of the block includes obtaining digest information of the block, computing a value based on the digest information of the block, and associating the computed value as the identifier of the particular block. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 12, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/034094 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10789270. The primary examiner was Shin-Hon (Eric) Chen.

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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