U.S. Patent 10817829 was awarded to AS America, Inc. on October 27, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain-based supply chain smart recall.” The first named inventor is John C. Checco of Stony Point, NY. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method for executing a smart recall of a plurality of manufactured units is provided. The method may include, inter alia, using a database architecture to administer a supply chain for the units, assigning each component of the units a distributed ledger (blockchain) identification (ID), and additional pieces of information such as a serial number of the component, a date of manufacture of the component, a location of manufacture of the component, an ID associated with the source of the component, and/or the ID(s) of one or more subcomponent unit(s) of the component. The assigned information is stored in the database architecture. The method may also include generating a private database supplier key and a manufacturer key. The method further includes: transmitting a notice to downstream manufacturers, transmitting a notice to a regulatory agency to implement safety procedures and/or unit and transmitting a recall notice. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 23, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/903186 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10817829. The primary examiner was Fahd A Obeid.

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 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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