U.S. Patent 10262140 was awarded to Intel Corporation on April 16, 2019 and is entitled “Methods and apparatus to facilitate blockchain-based boot tracking.” The first named inventor is Vincent J. Zimmer of Federal Way, WA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A device with support for blockchain-based boot tracking comprises at least one processor, non-volatile storage responsive to the processor, and at least one boot module in the non-volatile storage. The boot module, when executed by the processor, enables the device to generate a measurement of the boot module, generate an internal ledger transaction based on the measurement of the boot module, and send the internal ledger transaction to a remote device. In addition, the boot module enables the device to (a) receive an external ledger transaction from the remote device, wherein the external ledger transaction is based on a measurement for a boot module of the remote device; (b) in response to receiving the external ledger transaction, verify the external ledger transaction; and (c) in response to verifying the external ledger transaction, add the external ledger transaction to a boot audit blockchain. Other embodiments are described and claimed. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 29, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/279761 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10262140. The primary examiner was Austin Hicks.

Intel Corporation, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 46429 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 3 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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