U.S. Patent 10382205 was awarded on August 13, 2019 and is entitled “Security system and method for using a blockchain service through privacy-aware blockchain arbitration server.” The first named inventor is Hajoon Ko of Cambridge, MA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A security method for using a blockchain service creates a secure blockchain to protect data through a privacy-aware blockchain arbitration server that has zero or restricted capability to view or modify the contents of each block being submitted to the blockchain, creating a barrier between arbitration server and blockchain. A block creator constraint and a block approval authority regulate which block submitter, or creator, and what type of block can be submitted and accepted by blockchain. Arbitration server sums the number of approvals for new blocks added to blockchain. In summing, if the accumulated approvals and disapprovals of blocks satisfy the block’s approval policy, the arbitration server adds the block to blockchain and sends to blockchain participants upon queries. If the accumulated approvals and disapprovals of blocks don’t satisfy block’s approval policy, the arbitration server drops the block. Blockchain participants verify if the new blocks added by the arbitration server. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 15, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/276882 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10382205. The primary examiner was William S Powers.

This blockchain patent has been cited 5 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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