Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assigned Patent

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, has been assigned a patent (11514331) developed by Bathe, Mark, Ratanalert, Sakul, Cambridge, MA, Veneziano, Remi, Allston, MA, Banal, James, Cambridge, MA, and Shepherd, Tyson, Arlington, MA, for a “sequence-controlled polymer random access memory storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Methods for controlled segregation of blocks of information encoded in the sequence of a biopolymer, such as nucleic acids and polypeptides, with rapid retrieval based on multiply addressing nanostructured data have been developed. In some embodiments, sequence controlled polymer memory objects include data-encoded biopolymers of any length or form encapsulated by natural or synthetic polymers and including one or more address tags. The sequence address labels are used to associate or select memory objects for sequencing read-out, enabling organization and access of distinct memory objects or subsets of memory objects using Boolean logic. In some embodiments, a memory object is a single-stranded nucleic acid scaffold strand encoding bit stream information that is folded into a nucleic acid nanostructure of arbitrary geometry, including one or more sequence address labels. Methods for controlled degradation of biopolymer-encoded blocks of information in the memory objects are also developed.”

The patent application was filed on 2017-04-27 (16/097594).