U.S. Patent 11201728 was awarded to McAfee, LLC on December 14, 2021 and is entitled “Data leakage mitigation with a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Jonathan B. King of Forest Grove, OR. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Example data leakage detection apparatus disclosed herein include a fingerprinter to generate a first data fingerprint of a first data item accessed from a data source. Disclosed example data leakage detection apparatus also include a blockchain scanner to scan a blockchain to detect whether a first blockchain record includes a second data fingerprint that matches the first data fingerprint of the first data item. Disclosed example data leakage detection apparatus further include a blockchain writer to write a second blockchain record to the blockchain when the second data fingerprint matches the first data fingerprint, the second blockchain record to indicate the first data item is associated with a data leak of a protected data item represented by the second data fingerprint. In some examples, the second blockchain record is to include the first data fingerprint and a first timestamp. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 30, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/588659 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11201728. The primary examiner was Sher A Khan.

McAfee, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1407 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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