U.S. Patent 10725716 was awarded to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. on July 28, 2020 and is entitled “Systems, processes, and computer program products for network based printed notices.” The first named inventor is Eric de Beus of Redondo Beach, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A system and method provide incentives for print advertising through the use of a blockchain. Advertisers may leverage spare space on a print job by compensating a print advertiser to print an advertisement in the spare space. Embodiments may use a blockchain network to initiate requests for printed advertisements. A smart contract may include the details to be printed along with print run limits. Print services may receive requests through the blockchain and may print the advertisement on print jobs that are primarily for other information. Once the print run limits are met, confirmation of the printed advertisement may be returned through the blockchain to confirm execution of the smart contract. The print service executing the smart contract may receive authorization for compensation. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 21, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/417967 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10725716. The primary examiner was Kent Yip.

KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4786 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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