U.S. Patent 10367645 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on July 30, 2019 and is entitled “Proof-of-work for smart contracts on a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Pratyush Kumar of Guindy, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A blockchain configuration may be used to store a distributed ledger for information security and accessibility. One example method of operation may include determining a proof-of-work via a device and using a predefined set of nonce values when determining the proof-of-work, storing the proof-of-work on a blockchain, and broadcasting the proof-of-work as a broadcast message. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 26, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/334728 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10367645. The primary examiner was David Garcia Cervetti.

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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