U.S. Patent 10361866 was awarded to TruePic Inc. on July 23, 2019 and is entitled “Proof of image authentication on a blockchain.” The first named inventor is Craig Stack of La Jolla, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed is improved technology for authenticating electronic images and storing proof of tampering or non-tampering on the blockchain. An image authentication application of a user device may generate an image. The user device may generate an image hash of the image using a hash function. The image hash may be written to the blockchain. This may occur immediately after the image has been taken. The user device may upload the image to an authentication server, which authenticates the image. At various times, such as after receipt, during authentication, and/or after authentication, the authentication server may generate an image hash of the image using the hash function. The authentication server may write the image hash(es) to the blockchain. As such, a state of the image at various times may be recorded on the blockchain to determine whether or not the image has been tampered with between various times. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 13, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/101819 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10361866. The primary examiner was Ali S Abyaneh.

TruePic Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 10 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 12 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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