U.S. Patent 10713239 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on July 14, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain-based data storage and query method and device.” The first named inventor is Honglin Qiu of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain node receives a service request, where the service request comprises one or more data types and respective service data corresponding to the one or more data types that are stored in a blockchain. At least one of a service type or identification information is determined corresponding to the service request. The service request is parsed to obtain each data type of the service request and service data corresponding to each data type. Based on a mapping relationship between a data type and service data, the service data that is obtained through parsing in a relational database corresponding to the blockchain node is stored. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 27, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/585472 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10713239. The primary examiner was Mahesh H Dwivedi.

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 3 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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