Microsoft Technology Licensing Assigned Patent

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC, Redmond, WA, has been assigned a patent (11439970) developed by Nguyen, Bichlien H, Kelley, Douglas P, Strauss, Karin, Carlson, Robert, Parker, Hsing-Yeh, Mulligan, John, Ceze, Luis H, Chen, Yuan-Jyue, Redmond, WA, and Carmean, Douglas, Seattle, WA, for “DNA manufacturing, storage, and access system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system includes a synthesizer unit having a fluid input to receive fluids and a communication input to receive commands to synthesize data-encoded DNA sequences and cleave the DNA. A first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module may be fluidically coupled to the synthesizer unit to receive the data-encoded DNA sequences and amplify the sequences. A deposition unit may be fluidically coupled to the first flexible chemistry reaction chamber module to receive the amplified DNA sequences and encapsulate the amplified DNA sequences into one or more wells in a storage plate for storage and retrieval to and from a plate storage unit. Retrieved DNA may be processed and read by further units.”

The patent application was filed on 2018-05-22 (15/986425).