U.S. Patent 11004088 was awarded on May 11, 2021 and is entitled “Method and system for certifying product authenticity using physical feature information including digitized surface fingerprint and blockchain.” The first named inventor is Insoo Suk of Seoul, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed is a method and system for certifying product authenticity using physical feature information including digitized surface fingerprint and blockchain, each of which manages certification information, packaged by binding together unique product information and physical feature information including surface feature of a product as a unique product feature, based on a distributed ledger of a blockchain to reliably determine whether the product is authentic or not in various ways. The authenticity certification information is packaged as a unique product feature by binding a serial number of the product for which the certification information is generated, together with physical feature information of the product, including image-based surface fingerprint. The authenticity certification information is stored in the blockchain. Determination on authenticity is made by comparing the identification information and the physical feature information with the authenticity certification information stored in the blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 30, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/085573 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11004088. The primary examiner was Sheela C Chawan.

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