Patents by Inventor Deependra K. Singh

Deependra K. Singh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Managing energy purchase agreements on a blockchain
    Patent number: 10937111
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing energy supply agreements that includes: connecting to a permissioned blockchain, the blockchain being accessible only by energy suppliers, energy transmission companies and government agencies that regulate a market for the supply of energy by energy suppliers to energy transmission companies; creating a new block for an energy purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of energy by an energy transmission company from an energy supplier; appending the new block having the energy purchase agreement to the blockchain; and responsive to the energy supplier supplying a quantity of energy to the energy transmission company in an individual energy transaction, appending the individual energy transaction as a block to the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harish Bharti, Abhay K. Patra, Rajesh K. Saxena, Deependra K. Singh
  • MANAGING ENERGY PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ON A BLOCKCHAIN
    Publication number: 20190165931
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing energy supply agreements that includes: connecting to a permissioned blockchain, the blockchain being accessible only by energy suppliers, energy transmission companies and government agencies that regulate a market for the supply of energy by energy suppliers to energy transmission companies; creating a new block for an energy purchase agreement that provides for the purchase of energy by an energy transmission company from an energy supplier; appending the new block having the energy purchase agreement to the blockchain; and responsive to the energy supplier supplying a quantity of energy to the energy transmission company in an individual energy transaction, appending the individual energy transaction as a block to the blockchain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Harish Bharti, Abhay K. Patra, Rajesh K. Saxena, Deependra K. Singh