U.S. Patent 10644889 was awarded to TETRA VENTURES LLC on May 05, 2020 and is entitled “Consent management apparatus and system.” The first named inventor is Raghuraman Govindaraj of Princeton, NJ. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A computer implemented apparatus and method is provided for authenticating a signature for a consent requiring permission of a person (i.e., a client) under supervision by a first agency for a service by a second agency, such as a service provider, wherein the service from the second agency is requested by the first agency. In the apparatus, the first agency requests a physical signature from the person. The request is made with a text message or QR code linking to a method (for example, a touch screen) for the person to create a signature. The signature and related account information such as the first agency, second agency, and identifying information on the person is entered into a distributed ledger database (DLTD) (e.g., a blockchain database) where it is archived. The service provider can query the DLTD for the signature for consent for the service. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on November 25, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/693755 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10644889. The primary examiner was Sonji N Johnson.

TETRA VENTURES LLC, 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 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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