U.S. Patent 10726346 was awarded to Cognitive Scale, Inc. on July 28, 2020 and is entitled “System for performing compliance operations using cognitive blockchains.” The first named inventor is Matthew Sanchez of Austin, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A cognitive information processing system comprising a processor; a data bus coupled to the processor; and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for: receiving data from a plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources comprising a blockchain data source, the blockchain data source providing blockchain data; processing the blockchain data to generate a plurality of knowledge elements; processing the blockchain data to generate cognitive blockchain data; storing the plurality of knowledge elements and the cognitive blockchain data within a cognitive graph; and, processing the plurality of knowledge elements to generate a cognitive insight associated with a compliance requirement. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 09, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/347039 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10726346. The primary examiner was Li Wu Chang.

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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