US Patent Issued to NCHAIN LICENSING on April 15 for "Computer-implemented methods and systems for controlling tasks implemented by a cyclically-ordered set of nodes participating in a blockchain network" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,900, issued on April 15, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Computer-implemented methods and systems for controlling tasks implemented by a cyclically-ordered set of nodes participating in a blockchain network" was invented by Daniel Joseph (London), Silvia Bartolucci (London) and Pauline Bernat (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling and coordinating of processing steps in a distributed system is disclosed. The method may be implemented by a node in a cyclically ordered set of nodes in a blockchain network. The method includes receiving, from an immediately subsequent node, values correspo...