Biological bar code
AssigneeGenVault Corporation
InventorsJames C. DAVIS, Mitchell D. EGGERS, Rafael IBARRA, John SADLER, David WONG, Syrus M. JAFFE, Michael SAGHBINI, Michael HOGAN
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Abstract
The invention provides coding compositions comprising mixtures of coding oligonucleotides and methods of using such compositions to code samples. The compositions and methods are useful for identifying, verifying, or authenticating any type of sample, whether the sample is biological or non-biological.
Claims44
A coded storage package comprising:
- a container containing a subset of coding oligonucleotides from a predetermined pool of coding oligonucleotides, and
- an identifying indicia attached to said container
- wherein the coding oligonucleotides of said pool each comprise a unique identifier sequence, wherein the combination of oligonucleotides represents the presence and absence of oligonucleotides from said pool and such representation constitutes a code, and wherein said identifying indicia identifies the code represented by said subset of coding oligonucleotides.
A method for coding a sample comprising:
- adding a subset of coding oligonucleotides to said sample,
- wherein said subset is from a predetermined pool of coding oligonucleotides, wherein the coding oligonucleotides of said pool are different from each other, and wherein the combination of oligonucleotides represents the presence and absence of oligonucleotides from said pool and such representation constitutes a code.
A method of decoding a coded sample, wherein the code comprises a subset of coding oligonucleotides from a predetermined pool of coding oligonucleotides, and wherein the coding oligonucleotides of said pool are different from each other, the method comprising:
- detecting one or more coding oligonucleotides of said pool in said sample,
- wherein a collective result of the presence and absence of said one or more oligonucleotides of said pool in said sample is indicative of a code associated with said sample.
A kit comprising:
- a container containing a substrate for biological molecule storage and a subset of coding oligonucleotides from a predetermined pool of coding oligonucleotides, wherein the oligonucleotides of said pool are different from each other, and wherein the combination of oligonucleotides represents the presence and absence of oligonucleotides from said pool and such representation constitutes a code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.