Integrated DNA Technologies Assigned Patent

Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., Coralville, IA, has been assigned a patent (11,308,055) developed by Walder, Joseph Alan, Chicago, IL, Manthey, Jeffrey A., North Liberty, IA, Martin, III, William E., Coralville, IA, and Allen, Shawn, Williamsburg, IA, for a “DNA data storage using reusable nucleic acids.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disclosed herein are nucleic acid-based data storage systems and nucleic acid data storage constructs comprising reusable nucleic acid sequences, each representing information carried by a single bit, and, in some embodiments, one or more adjacent bits) within a bit string, and each furthermore representing the position of the single bit within the bit string. Also described are methods for storing data in the nucleic acid-based data storage systems and nucleic acid data storage constructs of the disclosure.”

The patent application was filed on November 17, 2020 (17/099,931).