Actilor Assigned Patent

Actilor GmbH, Leuna, Germany, has been assigned a patent (9,530,498) developed by Hampp, Norbert, Amoeneburg-Rossdorf, Germany, for a “optical data store and method for storage of data in an optical data store.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An optical data store is specified, having a data storage layer with a non-toxic and biodegradable polymer as light-sensitive storage medium which has photo-inducible anisotropy, for the induction of which a threshold value of the optical intensity has to be exceeded. The light-sensitive material is preferably bacteriorhodopsin which, by way of example, is immobilized in a manner embedded in a suitable matrix material or, if appropriate, in a crosslinked manner. The storage medium permits a high storage density and can be applied in a simple manner, for instance by printing onto a substrate.“

The patent application was filed on February 5, 2014 (14/173,038).