U.S. Patent 10984400 was awarded to Mythical, Inc. on April 20, 2021 and is entitled “Systems and methods for using shared user inventory information to initiate a peer-to-peer exchange of a non-fungible digital asset.” The first named inventor is Rudy Koch of Sammamish, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems and methods for using shared user inventory information to initiate peer-to-peer exchanges of digital assets that are usable within an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a sharing request for information regarding a first user inventory; access a blockchain to obtain asset information; transfer the asset information in response to the sharing request; receive an offer request for the transfer of ownership of a first digital asset from a first user to a second user; if the offer according to the offer request is accepted, receive a transfer request and transfer the ownership of the first digital asset as requested. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on January 05, 2021  as U.S. Patent Application 17/141970 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10984400. The primary examiner was Scott C Anderson.

Mythical, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 33 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 4 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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