U.S. Patent 11087293 was awarded to TraDove, Inc. on August 10, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain based bank checking network with paper checking enhancements.” The first named inventor is Jun Yan of Palo Alto, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A system includes processors and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations of receiving a blockchain check request from a first network participant, generating a paper blockchain check including a QR code, issuing the paper blockchain check to the first network participant, obtaining an image of the issued paper blockchain check, determining whether the bank account associated with the first network participant has access to a sufficient amount of funds, associating the designated amount of funds and the identifier of an intended recipient with the QR code, locking funds in the first network participant’s bank account, generating, upon the intended recipient being validated with the blockchain, a digital blockchain check based on details associated with the scanned QR code, and disabling the paper blockchain check after the conversion of the paper blockchain check into the digital BC check. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on September 17, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/024632 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11087293. The primary examiner was Jacob C. Coppola.

TraDove, Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 3 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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