U.S. Patent 10764033 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on September 01, 2020 and is entitled “Data storage method, apparatus, system and device.” The first named inventor is Xinying Yang of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Computer-implemented methods, non-transitory, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented systems for data storage are provided. A routing relationship between a data block and a data node is established by using a block hash of the data block. A blockchain-type ledger is stored in a distributed manner with a level of granularity of data block. Metadata such as block header information is stored in a coordinator node. The data block or a block body in the data block is stored in the data node. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on March 11, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 16/815893 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10764033. The primary examiner was Morshed Mehedi.

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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