U.S. Patent 10735193 was awarded to MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY on August 04, 2020 and is entitled “Decentralized encryption and decryption of blockchain data.” The first named inventor is Jiby John of Suffield, CT. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Methods and systems disclosed herein generate a secure blockchain key for a user by generating a blockchain key comprising a string of alphanumerical and/or character values; generating one or more key segments by dividing the key string in to a number of sub-strings based on a first encryption method; encrypting each sub-string based on a second encryption method; determining a latest valid blockchain associated with the user; identifying a group of network nodes associated with the latest valid blockchain; selecting a number of network nodes from the identified group of network nodes; and instructing the selected network nodes to store the encrypted key segments. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 31, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/995020 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10735193. The primary examiner was Josnel Jeudy.

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 212 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 6 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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