U.S. Patent 10484178 was awarded to Black Gold Coin, Inc. on November 19, 2019 and is entitled “Systems and methods for providing a universal decentralized solution for verification of users with cross-verification features.” The first named inventor is Marcus Andrade of Houston, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

System and methods for providing a universal decentralized solution for verification of users with cross-verification features, may be configured to receive from a first entity, at a trust utility such as a distributed database or blockchain, information related to one or more verified first document rents, the one or more verified first documents associated with a first user. The system may receive from a second entity, at the trust utility, a request for the information related to the one or more verified documents associated with the first user. The system may, upon receiving from the first user at the trust utility, an approval of the request for the information related to the one or more verified documents associated with the first user, give access to the second entity to obtain access to information related to the one or more verified documents associated with the first user. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on April 24, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/961603 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10484178. The primary examiner was John B King.

Black Gold Coin, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 9 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 1 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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