U.S. Patent 10783733 was awarded to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA on September 22, 2020 and is entitled “Electronic voting system and control method.” The first named inventor is Yuji Unagami of Osaka, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

An authentication server authenticates a voter using authentication data including a first identifier (ID) associated with the voter and authentication information regarding the voter. The authentication server further synchronizes a first blockchain. The first blockchain includes first transaction data indicating that the voter has been authenticated with one or more of other authentication servers. A voting server receives, from a terminal, voting data including a second ID associated with a vote cast by the voter and voting information indicating the vote. The voting server synchronizes a second blockchain including, as second transaction data, the voting information included in the voting data with one or more of other voting servers. The terminal transmits the authentication data to the authentication server and, after the authentication is successfully completed, transmits the voting data to the voting server. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on July 03, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/026125 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10783733. The primary examiner was Jacob C. Coppola.

PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2206 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 1 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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