U.S. Patent 10691678 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on June 23, 2020 and is entitled “Consistent reporting using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Tara Astigarraga of Fairport, NY. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

In an approach to achieving consistent reporting, one or more processors receive a request to include a set of data analysis and visualization parameters in a distributed ledger, such as the blockchain fabric distributed ledger. One or more processors may determine whether the set of data analysis and visualization parameters is consistent with a set of pre-determined rules recorded in the distributed ledger. One or more processors may additionally store the set of data analysis and visualization parameters in the distributed ledger responsive to determining that the set of data analysis and visualization parameters is consistent with the set of pre-determined rules recorded in the distributed ledger. One or more processors may further generate a report of a first dataset based on the set of data analysis and visualization parameters. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 13, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/274306 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10691678. The primary examiner was Ryan M Gray.

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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