U.S. Patent 10621511 was awarded to Cognitive Scale, Inc. on April 14, 2020 and is entitled “Method for using hybrid blockchain data architecture within a cognitive environment.” The first named inventor is Matthew Sanchez of Austin, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method for receiving a plurality of types of data within a cognitive information processing system environment comprising: receiving data from a plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources comprising a public data source and a private data source the public source comprising a public blockchain data source, the private data source comprising a private blockchain data source; accessing information from the plurality of data sources via a cognitive data management module, the information comprising public blockchain information and private blockchain information; and, providing the information to an inference and learning system. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 09, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/347072 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10621511. The assistant examiner was Chase P. Hinckley.

Cognitive Scale, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 101 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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