U.S. Patent 11210404 was awarded to NETIQ CORPORATION on December 28, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain-based state verifications of software component vulnerability database for software products.” The first named inventor is Baha Masoud of Orem, UT. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A technique includes determining, by a computer, entries of a software vulnerability database that is associated with a plurality of components associated with a release of a software product. The technique includes determining, by the computer, a block of a blockchain representing a vulnerability state of the plurality of components; and associating, by the computer, the block of the blockchain with the product release. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 14, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/441310 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11210404. The primary examiner was Shawnchoy Rahman.

NETIQ CORPORATION, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 58 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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