U.S. Patent 11089018 was awarded to HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. on August 10, 2021 and is entitled “Global unique device identification code distribution method.” The first named inventor is CHI-JSUNG LEE of New Taipei, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A global unique device identification code distribution method includes obtaining a public key and device information of at least one Internet of things (IoT) device after the blockchain node establishes communication with the at least one IoT device, generating a random code and combining the random code with the public key and device information of the at least one IoT device to generate a global unique device identification code, and sending the global unique device identification code to the IoT device and writing the global unique device identification code and the public key of the IoT device as a pair into the blockchain network. The method is implemented in a blockchain node of a blockchain network. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on January 24, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/255853 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11089018. The assistant examiner was Shaqueal D Wade.

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 19231 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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