US Patent Issued to Micro Focus on July 21 for "Circular blockchains" (Idaho, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,501, issued on July 21, was assigned to Micro Focus LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Circular blockchains" was invented by Douglas Max Grover (Rigby, Idaho) and Michael F. Angelo (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of circular blockchains are created. The plurality of circular blockchains may comprise different structures. For example, the plurality of circular blockchains may include: a single genesis block where a last block in each of the plurality of circular blockchain links back to the single genesis block, a plurality of genesis blocks where a last block in each of the plurality of circular blockchain links back to ...