U.S. Patent 10740139 was awarded to NORTH PEAK RESOURCES LTD. on August 11, 2020 and is entitled “Method and system for performing hyperconvergence using blockchains.” The first named inventor is Thomas Thompson of Monaco, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Methods, systems, and techniques for performing hyperconvergence using blockchains involve running a hypervisor on a computer node, in which the hypervisor runs a host blockchain; and running on the hypervisor an emulated blockchain that emulates the host blockchain. The host blockchain may communicate with other blockchains via the emulated blockchain, thereby receiving actions to perform from those other blockchains and permitting those other blockchains to control the hardware on which the hypervisor and host blockchain run. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 31, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/732067 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10740139. The primary examiner was Charlie Sun.

NORTH PEAK RESOURCES LTD., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 3 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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