U.S. Patent 10686799 was awarded to EMC IP Holding Company LLC on June 16, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain-based method and system for providing tenant security and compliance in a cloud computing environment.” The first named inventor is John Kelly of New York, NY. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain-based method and system for providing tenant security and compliance in a cloud computing environment. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein implement a marketplace solution which extends blockchain technology to the problem of providing defined security levels in the cloud computing environment. In adapting blockchain technology, the method and system disclosed herein provide a mechanism for guaranteeing tenant security without any implication of trust between security providers and security requestors or consumers. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on April 30, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/966341 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10686799. The primary examiner was Roderick Tolentino.

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 9796 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 2 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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