ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,176, issued on May 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device having partial ledger in blockchain network and operation method thereof" was invented by Sungwook Won (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woongah Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungmin Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jinsu Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device constituting a blockchain node included in a blockchain network is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit configured to at least one of transmit a signal to or receive another signal from one or more external devices...