Patents
US 12067031 B2: Method and system for cell operations using a blockchain data network
- Granted
- 2024-08-20
- Filed
- 2022-03-01 application 17684369
- Type
- Utility · 44 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method and system for performing operations on cells on an instrument comprises providing a peer to peer network of instruments for performing operations on cells, maintaining a distributed database in at least a plurality of the instruments in the peer to peer network, storing at least one protocol in the database for use by at least one instrument in the peer to peer network for performing operations on cells and storing results from the performance of the operations on cells by the at least one instrument in the distributed database. The results stored in the distributed database is then usable to later authenticate the results from the at least one instrument.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240820.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Bioscience, Inc. 38 patents | US company or organization | Beverly, MA | THRIVE BIOSCIENCE, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state Thrive Bioscience, Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Cannon | Boston, MA | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Thomas Forest Farb | Wakefield, MA | 7 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C12M | Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology; apparatus for culturing microorganisms for producing biomass, for growing cells or for obtaining fermentation or metabolic products, i.e. bioreactors or fermenters | C12M41/48 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/27 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L9/3239 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-01 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CANNON, HOWARD signed 2022-01-31 FARB, THOMAS FOREST signed 2021-12-27 | THRIVE BIOSCIENCE, INC. WAKEFIELD, MA | 59139/984 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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