ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,318, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for recovering block data in blockchain network and operation method thereof" was invented by Byeongyun Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongjoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namkun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dohyun Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinsu Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungmin Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device constituting a block node included in a blockchain network is provided. The method for operating an electronic device includes, in response to a request for recove...