U.S. Patent 11037227 was awarded to StorCentric, Inc. on June 15, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain-based decentralized storage system.” The first named inventor is Ricardo Padilha of Florianopolis, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A computer-implemented method reliably stores data in a blockchain-based distributed storage system. The method utilizes computer processes carried out by a host computing device, including receiving from a renter computing device a storage contract proposal, sending over the network, by the host computing device to the renter computing device and to the blockchain, an acceptance of the storage contract proposal, and receiving from the blockchain, confirmation that a storage contract between the host computing device and the renter computing device has been added to the blockchain. After the data have been stored, the processes include computing a checksum, sending it to the renter computing device and to the blockchain and receiving, from the blockchain, confirmation that the checksum has been added to the blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 21, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/198090 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11037227. The primary examiner was Jacob C. Coppola.

StorCentric, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1 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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