U.S. Patent 10361853 was awarded to AS America, Inc. on July 23, 2019 and is entitled “Automated data authentication and service authorization via cryptographic keys in a private blockchain.” The first named inventor is Brandon Matthew Castagna of Mount Holly, NC. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for authenticating records belonging to an individual or entity and providing authorized access of the records to service providers. Embodiments of the invention utilize a private blockchain to store various types of records to be conveyed to the service providers. In this way, the individual or entity may securely store on the blockchain all records relevant to service providers, then provide the service providers with secured access to the records such that the providers may access only the specific records for which they are authorized, e.g. a healthcare provider may access only the healthcare records on the blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 12, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/291803 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10361853. The assistant examiner was Lin Chang.

AS America, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4320 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 20 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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