U.S. Patent 11017883 was awarded to EGGSCHAIN, INC. on May 25, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain-based systems and methods for tracking donated genetic material transactions.” The first named inventor is Wei Escala of Austin, TX. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems and methods are provided for tracking the provenance of donated genetic material using blockchain-based technologies. Immutable records of transactions associated with the donated genetic material are generated. These records can be utilized to create an audit trail for the genetic material. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 12, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/273427 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11017883. The primary examiner was Hiep V Nguyen.

EGGSCHAIN, INC., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1 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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