U.S. Patent 10755322 was awarded to Red Hat, Inc. on August 25, 2020 and is entitled “Blockchain-based software instance usage determination.” The first named inventor is Justin M. Kilpatrick of Raleigh, NC. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Blockchain-based software instance usage determination is disclosed. A span identifier that identifies a span is received. A blockchain is traversed to identify a plurality of authorized transactions generated within the span, the blockchain including a plurality of blocks of authorized transactions, each authorized transaction authorizing execution of a software instance. Information about software instances identified in the plurality of authorized transactions is output. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on February 22, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/438922 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10755322. The primary examiner was Luna Champagne.

Red Hat, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 2439 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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