U.S. Patent 11176226 was awarded to AVILA TECHNOLOGY, LLC on November 16, 2021 and is entitled “Secure messaging service with digital rights management using blockchain technology.” The first named inventor is Robert J. Bernardi of McLean, VA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The invention described herein is directed to a secure text messaging and object sharing mobile application connected to a DRM cloud service that provides encryption, digital rights management (DRM) of the text and of the attachments, blockchain transactions, the capability of attaching documents, photos and so forth, the capability of interfacing with a user’s contacts application, and that operates in both Android and iOS environments. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on March 10, 2021  as U.S. Patent Application 17/197114 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11176226. The primary examiner was Oleg Korsak.

AVILA TECHNOLOGY, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4 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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