U.S. Patent 10516525 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on December 24, 2019 and is entitled “System and method for detecting anomalies in examinations.” The first named inventor is Kamal Bhattacharya of Nairobi, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The disclosure provides systems and methods for maintaining integrity of documents and activities associated with examinations. The systems and methods store such activities and documents in a distributed blockchain such that integrity is maintained through transparency and redundancy of the records and activities. The systems monitor for any anomalies and notify appropriate individuals when an anomaly is detected, as well as maintaining a log of such anomalies. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 24, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/685744 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10516525. The primary examiner was Christopher J Brown.

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 2 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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