U.S. Patent 10873849 was awarded to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. on December 22, 2020 and is entitled “System and method for universal mobile device lock using blockchain.” The first named inventor is Sheng Qiang of Lenexa, KS. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method for activating an electronic device includes receiving a request to activate the electronic device. The method also includes determining whether activation of the electronic device is permitted according to a device status record associated with the electronic device in a blockchain. In addition, the method includes one of: proceeding with the activation of the electronic device in response to determining that the activation of the electronic device is permitted according to the device status record in the blockchain and blocking the activation of the electronic device in response to determining that the activation of the electronic device is not permitted according to the device status record in the blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 10, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/709390 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10873849. The primary examiner was Diane D Mizrahi.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 103710 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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