U.S. Patent 11038891 was awarded to EMC IP Holding Company LLC on June 15, 2021 and is entitled “Decentralized identity management system.” The first named inventor is Stephen J. Todd of Center Conway, NH. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A given node associated with a plurality of nodes registers a decentralized identity for the given node on a decentralized identity blockchain. The registered decentralized identity is controlled by the given node and defined by an identity record stored on the decentralized identity blockchain. The registered decentralized identity for the given node is used to access one or more resources of a given decentralized application. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 29, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/173446 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11038891. The assistant examiner was Suman Debnath.

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 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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