U.S. Patent 10870358 was awarded to Enel X North America, Inc. on December 22, 2020 and is entitled “Systems and methods for enabling automatic management of power loads and power generation based on user-specified set of rules.” The first named inventor is Valery Miftakhov of San Carlos, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems and methods for enabling automatic management of arbitrary power loads and power generation based on user-specified set of rules. The aforesaid rules may be applied based on the grid conditions, parameters of specific grid equipment, as well as any other (external) factors. In various embodiments, the aforesaid user-specified rules may be automatically executed by one or more servers in response to sensed grid conditions and arbitrary external factors. In various embodiments, the aforesaid rules may cause execution of local site functions, such as powering down specific load that may help stabilize the wider power grid. In one or more embodiments, the rules may be executed on a central server or on EVSE nodes in a decentralized manner using, for example, blockchain technology well-known to persons of ordinary skill in the art. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 29, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/690275 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10870358. The primary examiner was Binh C Tat.

Enel X North America, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 68 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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