U.S. Patent 10742393 was awarded to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC on August 11, 2020 and is entitled “Confidentiality in a consortium blockchain network.” The first named inventor is Isaac Wooden of Bothell, WA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The disclosed technology is generally directed to blockchain technology. In one example of the technology, a pre-determined type of blockchain protocol code is stored in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a processor. TEE attestation is used to verify that the blockchain protocol code stored in the TEE is the pre-determined type of blockchain protocol code. A blockchain transaction is received. The blockchain transaction is processed while disallowing access to raw transaction data. A state of the processed blockchain is updated for a blockchain network based on the processing of the blockchain transaction, while disallowing access to raw transaction data. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 26, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/715620 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10742393. The primary examiner was Lisa C Lewis.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 47743 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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