U.S. Patent 10936838 was awarded on March 02, 2021 and is entitled “Tagging scheme for blockchain-based provenance system.” The first named inventor is Wang-Chan Wong of Irvine, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Methods and system are provided for tagging scheme for blockchain-based provenance system. In one novel aspect, a unique signature is created based on a polygonized unique object ID. The polygonized unique ID is randomly placed in an authentication area of an ID tag, where vertex coordinates of the ID polygon can be obtained. The signature information of the authentication area of the ID tag is recorded in blockchain. New ID polygons are associated with the tagged object in one or more ID tags. The new authentication area or the newly updated authentication area are appended to the blockchain. In one embodiment, the ID polygon is obtained by polygonizing the associated unique operator ID. In another embodiment, the ID polygon is an ID code of the associated unique operator ID superposed on a predefined polygon, and wherein the ID code is one of a QR code and a bar code. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 28, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/006147 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10936838. The primary examiner was Paultep Savusdiphol.

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