U.S. Patent 10592873 was awarded to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC on March 17, 2020 and is entitled “Edit transactions for blockchains.” The first named inventor is Mark Eugene Russinovich of Bellevue, 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 modified block is provided in response to at least an edit transaction that indicates a transaction in an original block in a blockchain. The modified block includes: transactions of the original block except the indicated transaction, a hash of the indicated transaction, and a header that includes a link to a hash of a block that precedes the original block. A new block is provided. The new block includes a reference associated with the edit transaction, and that the reference may include a link to the modified block. The original block may be caused to be deleted. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 21, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/985047 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10592873. The primary examiner was William E Rankins.

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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