U.S. Patent 11004130 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on May 11, 2021 and is entitled “Computer implemented method, an apparatus and a non transitory computer readable storage medium for verifying reviews on a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Praveen Jayachandran of Bangalore, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain configuration may be used to store a distributed ledger for product review verification procedure. One example method of operation may include receiving a product review for a product purchase transaction by a purchasing entity, validating the product review was submitted by the purchasing entity by referencing the product purchase transaction in a blockchain, storing the product review and product purchase transaction, creating a link to the product review, and transmitting the link to a product site where the product can be purchased. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 26, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/334654 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11004130. The primary examiner was Allison G Wood.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 150818 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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