U.S. Patent 10560270 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on February 11, 2020 and is entitled “Optimal data storage configuration in a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Shan Gao of Guangdong, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain of transactions may be referenced for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification and information retrieval. One example method of operation may include assigning one blockchain block to one group member node among a group of blockchain nodes, storing the one blockchain block in the one group member node, assigning a verification of the one blockchain block to one or more verification blockchain nodes which are part of the group of blockchain nodes, and storing the verification of the one blockchain block in each of the one or more verification blockchain nodes. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 03, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/585365 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10560270. The primary examiner was Matthew Smithers.

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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