U.S. Patent 11151512 was awarded to THE BOEING COMPANY on October 19, 2021 and is entitled “Interlocking blockchains for aircraft part history and current aircraft configuration.” The first named inventor is Nicholas Jones of North Vancouver, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method and apparatus for recording information for a part, such as history information for an aircraft part. A part history blockchain network comprises part history blockchains for the part that are configured to record the information for the part. Configuration and activity history information for the vehicle is recorded in vehicle configuration and activity history blockchains for the vehicle in a vehicle configuration and activity history blockchain network. A part installation notification is received by the part history blockchain network. The part installation notification identifies the part and indicates that the part is installed on the vehicle. The part history blockchains for the part are locked in response to receiving the part installation notification to prevent adding information for the part to the part history blockchains for the part for as long as the part is installed on the vehicle. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on December 14, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/221308 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11151512. The primary examiner was Oluseye Iwarere.

THE BOEING COMPANY, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 18957 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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