US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Feb. 3 for "Systems and methods for generating, maintaining, and using portable data on a blockchain" (Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,797, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for generating, maintaining, and using portable data on a blockchain" was invented by Kimberly Christine Kloeppel (Mesa, Ariz.), Ellakate LeFebre (Mesa, Ariz.), Steve Amancha (Tempe, Ariz.), Ross Wheeler (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Kimberly Doak-Wigginton (Congerville, Ill.) and Stephen Dunstan (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for generating one or more smart contracts for deployment onto a blockchain. The systems and methods may include (1) receiving vehicle information...