BGI Shenzhen Assigned Patent

BGI Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, has been assigned a patent (10,839,295) developed by Shen, Yue, Chen, Tai, Liu, Longying, Chen, Shihong, Wang, Yun, and, Yang, Huanming, Guangdong, China, for a “method for using DNA to store text information, decoding method therefor and application thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A method for encoding and storing text information using DNA as a storage medium, a decoding method therefor and an application thereof. The method for using DNA to store text information comprises: encoding characters into computer binary digits by means of encoding, and converting the binary digits into DNA sequences by means of transcoding, and artificially synthesizing the DNA sequences encoded with character information, positioning the characters by means of a designed ligation adapter, and assembling the DNA sequences encoded with the character information according to a pre-set order. The method for using DNA to store text information has the advantages of a small storage volume, a large storage capacity, a strong stability and low maintenance costs.”

The patent application was filed on May 4, 2016 (16/098,471).