U.S. Patent 10812254 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on October 20, 2020 and is entitled “Identity confidence score based on blockchain based attributes.” The first named inventor is Ashish Kundu of Elmsford, NY. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A processor-implemented method provides a calculated identity confidence score for an identity. The processor(s) in each of a plurality of decentralized identity providers calculate an identity confidence score of an entity. The processor(s) store the calculated identity confidence score in a blockchain. The processor(s) retrieve the calculated identity confidence score from the blockchain. The processor(s) provide the calculated identity confidence score to a requestor, which is a computer-based system that performs an action based on the provided calculated identity score. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 30, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/048420 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10812254. The primary examiner was Ali Shayanfar.

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 1 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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