ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,947, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Computer-implemented system and method for propagation and communication of data in a network such as a blockchain network" was invented by Silvia Bartolucci (London), Daniel Joseph (London) and Simone Madeo (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of propagating data packets in a network of nodes is disclosed. The method, implemented at one of the nodes, includes: generating at least one data packet of a first type; collecting a set of data packets of the first type during a first time period, the set including the at least one generated data packe...