U.S. Patent 10698738 was awarded to Alibaba Group Holding Limited on June 30, 2020 and is entitled “Implementing a blockchain-based workflow.” The first named inventor is Shubo Li of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a blockchain-based workflow. One of the methods includes receiving a workflow specification that indicates one or more state transition methods to be performed by a smart contract on a blockchain network and one or more client service methods to be performed by one or more client devices off the blockchain network participating in a workflow. The smart contract is generated according to the workflow specification and includes the one or more state transition methods. A configurable client service logic is generated according to the workflow specification for each of the one or more client devices and includes the one or more client service methods. The smart contract is deployed to the blockchain network. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 12, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/712412 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10698738. The primary examiner was Dong U Kim.

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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