ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,365, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Data processing methods and apparatuses based on blockchain, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product" was invented by Qucheng Liu (Shenzhen, China), Rui Guo (Shenzhen, China), Jun Liang (Shenzhen, China), Like Shu (Shenzhen, China), Zongyou Wang (Shenzhen, China), Hu Lan (Shenzhen, China), Yang Lu (Shenzhen, China), Hanqing Liu (Shenzhen, China), Jun Li (Shenzhen, China), Hui Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Gengliang Zhu (Shenzhen, China), Kaixuan Nie (Shenzhen, China), Yifang Shi (Shenzhen, China), Zhiyong Liao (Shenzhen, China) and Yangjun Huang (Shenzhen, C...