DNA Origami Nanostructures for Molecular Data Storage Patent Application
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260098258A1 on April 9, 2026, disclosing compositions and methods using DNA origami principles to package and archive data stored in multiple indexed DNA oligonucleotides. The application (No. 19319178, filed September 4, 2025) covers DNA origami (DNAO) nanostructures enabling selective physical data access and retrieval from a molecular pool.
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USPTO published patent application US20260098258A1 covering compositions and methods for using DNA origami principles to package and archive data stored in multiple indexed DNA oligonucleotides. The DNA origami (DNAO) nanostructures described enable selective physical data access and retrieval from a molecular pool of data-bearing oligonucleotides. The application names eight inventors including Cherry Gupta, Craig M. Bartling, and Rachel R. Spurbeck.
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USE OF DNA ORIGAMI NANOSTRUCTURES FOR MOLECULAR INFORMATION BASED DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
Application US20260098258A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026
Inventors
Cherry Gupta, Craig M. Bartling, Rachel R. Spurbeck, Anthony D. Duong, James Ha, Miguel D. Pedrozo, Nickolas R. Andrioff
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods that use the principles of DNA origami to package and archive data stored in multiple indexed DNA oligonucleotides. These structures allow for selective physical data access and retrieval from a molecular pool of DNA origami (DNAO) nanostructures comprising the data bearing oligonucleotides.
CPC Classifications
C12N 15/1093 C12Q 1/6869
Filing Date
2025-09-04
Application No.
19319178
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