U.S. Patent 10958420 was awarded to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED on March 23, 2021 and is entitled “Method and system for blockchain-implemented project management.” The first named inventor is Chandan Garg of Punjab, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method for project management using a blockchain includes: receiving a project request including a project stream comprised of a plurality of role assignments and an ordering for the role assignments, wherein each role assignment indicates a corresponding public key; generating a first digital token; transmitting the first digital token to a first computing device associated with a public key corresponding to a first role assignment based on the ordering; receiving data from the first computing device including a data file, return token, and digital signature; validating the return token based on the first digital token; validating the digital signature using the public key corresponding to the first role assignment; transmitting the data file to a node in a blockchain network; and transmitting a second digital token to a second computing device associated with a public key corresponding to a second role assignment based on the ordering. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 20, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/196025 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10958420. The primary examiner was Brandon S Hoffman.

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1445 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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