	US 12,032,677 C1 (13,269th)
	Agent-based turing complete transactions integrating feedback within a blockchain system
Craig Steven Wright, London (GB); and Stephane Savanah, London (GB)
Filed by nChain Licensing AG, Zug (CH)
Assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG, Zug (CH)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,375, Jul. 10, 2025.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 12,032,677, issued Jul. 9, 2024, Appl. No. 17/542,157, Dec. 3, 2021.
Application 90/015,375 is a continuation of application No. 16/078,628, granted, now 11,194,898, previously published as PCT/IB2017/050821, filed on Feb. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1603112 (GB), filed on Feb. 23, 2016; and application No. 1603114 (GB), filed on Feb. 23, 2016.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jun. 1, 2026.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06N 7/00 (2023.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)

CPC G06F 21/52 (2013.01) [G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06N 7/00 (2013.01); G06Q 20/065 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3827 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); H04L 9/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/3213 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/463 (2013.01); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01)]

AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:

Claim 1 is determined to be patentable as amended.

Claims 2-15, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable.

1. A method of using a blockchain to control a process executing on a computing resource, the method comprising:

executing a loop on the computing resource; and

using a state of the blockchain to influence the execution of the loop, wherein the process:

i) is an automated voting process; or [ and]

ii) comprises a distribution or an allocation of one or more tokens to a voter, wherein each token is associated with an amount of cryptocurrency.