US 11,854,669 B1
Synthetic nucleic acids for information storage and transmission
George Bachand, Albuquerque, NM (US); Marlene Bachand, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Andrew Gomez, Edgewood, NM (US)
Assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/512,577.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/711,964, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Int. Cl. G16B 50/40 (2019.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC G16B 50/40 (2019.02) [H04L 9/0866 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A method for storing and transmitting information, the method comprising:
converting each character in an information format into a triplet or quadruplet codon by employing a key, thereby generating an encrypted message represented by a nucleic acid or a complement thereof;
synthesizing a nucleic acid construct comprising a lock region comprising a nucleic acid sequence with a primer binding region or a complement thereof, a translation key region comprising a nucleic acid sequence that corresponds to an identity of the key or a complement thereof, and a message region having a nucleic acid sequence comprising the encrypted message or a complement thereof;
relaying the nucleic acid sequence of the lock region to a recipient and the key corresponding to the translation key region; and
placing the nucleic acid construct on an object to be transmitted to the recipient;
wherein the synthesizing step further comprises:
inserting a start codon indicating the beginning of the message region, and
inserting a stop codon indicating the end of the message region.