U.S. Patent 11153093 was awarded to Oracle International Corporation on October 19, 2021 and is entitled “Protection of online applications and webpages using a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Rafael de Castro BUENO of Saskatoon, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with protecting online content are described. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a hashed code, and generating an encrypted and signed hash. The method may also include transmitting the encrypted and signed hash and the domain to a blockchain, causing: the blockchain to request validation the encrypted and signed hash by a terminal associated with a registrar of the domain; and the terminal associated with the registrar to: (a) decrypt the encrypted and signed hash using the private key to obtain the hashed code, (b) attempt to validate an authenticity of the hashed code, and (c) control inclusion of the hashed code in a blockchain record based on a result of the attempt to validate the authenticity of the hashed code. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 30, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/426340 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11153093. The assistant examiner was Mirza Israr Javed.

Oracle International Corporation, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 8336 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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