U.S. Patent 10915641 was awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on February 09, 2021 and is entitled “Implementation of continuous real-time validation of distributed data storage systems.” The first named inventor is Timothy Kyunghyun Won of Rockville, MD. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Provided herein is a system and method for implementing a real-time and continuous validation tool for a distributed ledger-based computing system (i.e., blockchain). In one or more examples a real-time validation tool and system can continuously monitor a blockchain computing system for activities that indicate abnormal or risky behavior, and can generate a report to a user that details those events. The real-time validation tool can be implemented as a node in a blockchain computing system and can use information gleaned from blockchain activity occurring in real-time as well as external data gathered from various sources to determine if one or more events has occurred that is indicative of abnormal or risky activity occurring within the blockchain computing system. The validation tool can be used to improve and secure an existing blockchain computing system against cyber intrusions and various integrity issues. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 30, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/175700 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10915641. The primary examiner was Edward Zee.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 12 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 3 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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