U.S. Patent 10545794 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on January 28, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain-based data processing method and equipment.” The first named inventor is Honglin Qiu of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:
A node in a blockchain network receives service data generated in a specified time period, where the service data comprises label information used to represent a processing priority of the service data. The node determines, when a new block is generated, a throughput that corresponds to the label information based on a predetermined mapping relationship between label information and a throughput. The node obtains service data that satisfies the throughput and that comprises the label information from a data processing set based on the throughput, where the service data is stored in the data processing set. The service data is stored in the new block. Link to Full Patent
This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 11, 2019 as U.S. Patent Application 16/508715 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10545794. The primary examiner was Gregory A Kessler.
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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