U.S. Patent 11074648 was awarded to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on July 27, 2021 and is entitled “Blockchain based loan securitization.” The first named inventor is Phillip H. Griffin of Raleigh, NC. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Examples described herein relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for automating loan securitization by a loan marketplace server, including defining a security blockchain supporting a financial security smart contract and posting, on the security blockchain, loan links. Each of the loan links identifies a loan structured as a loan smart contract supported by a loan blockchain. The loan blockchain stores a financial profile link that identifies a dynamic financial profile for a borrower of the loan. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on April 09, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 15/948346 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11074648. The primary examiner was Clifford B Madamba.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 1064 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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