U.S. Patent 10839379 was awarded to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. on November 17, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain including linked digital assets.” The first named inventor is Stanislav Liberman of Highland, IL. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain includes different digital assets, including digital tradeable tokens and inventory tokens. The blockchain may implement a transaction type that includes both digital tradeable tokens and the inventory tokens. The digital tradeable tokens and inventory tokens may be associated with physical assets that can be uniquely identified and are intended to be fungible with each other. The validation rules of the blockchain may rely upon quantities of the digital tradeable token and inventory tokens satisfying a predetermined relationship. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 20, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/655227 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10839379. The primary examiner was Jacob C. Coppola.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 413 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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