Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blockchain for open scientific research
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Application No.: US16359476Application Date: 2019-03-20
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Publication No.: US10659239B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Jae-Wook Ahn , Maria D. Chang , Ravindranath Kokku , Patrick Watson
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; G06F21/64 ; G06F21/62 ; H04L9/06 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
Techniques facilitating using a blockchain system that integrates the trustworthiness of the blockchain concept with open scientific research by generating a blockchain of the experiments formed, data collected, analyses performed, and results achieved are provided herein. In an example, the blockchain system can form a blockchain representing a research project, wherein the blockchain comprises a first block of research data and a second block of analysis data representing a log of an analysis performed on the research data. Summary blocks and correction blocks can also be added to the blockchain representing the post analysis of the research results. One or more of the subsequent blocks can be linked to the preceding blocks using information in block headers that can also serve to determine whether modifications to the blocks have been performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190222428A1 BLOCKCHAIN FOR OPEN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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