ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,241, issued on July 29, was assigned to Ava Labs Inc. (New York).
"Framework for high performance blockchains" was invented by Patrick Robert O'Grady (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Stephen Buttolph (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for blockchain management includes receiving a first definition for a custom blockchain on a blockchain platform, the first definition including definitions for default data structures. The method further includes initializing a virtual machine and configuring the virtual machine using the first definition. The method further includes receiving a second definition for the custom blockchain, ...