U.S. Patent 10447770 was awarded to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. on October 15, 2019 and is entitled “Blockchain micro-services framework.” The first named inventor is Saravanan Mallesan of Fairfax, VA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A network device receives a first application programming interface (API) call from an application. The first API call requests a micro-service of a blockchain-based technology. The blockchain-based technology includes use of a shared ledger among participating nodes in a distributed consensus network. The micro-service provides a function for the application. The network device sends, in response to the first API call, a second API call to one of the participating nodes. The second API call initiates a framework module of a multiple of framework modules in the participating nodes. The network device receives, from the one of the participating nodes, a response to the second API call, the response indicating consensus of the participating nodes. The network device generates, based on the response to the second API call, a reply to the first API call. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on May 30, 2017  as U.S. Patent Application 15/607754 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10447770. The primary examiner was Joe Chacko.

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 4881 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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