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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Yuan-Jyue Chen, Seattle, WA (US);
Karin Strauss, Seattle, WA (US);
Bichlien Hoang Nguyen, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Bernard Lester, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hari Krishnan Srinivasan, Redmond, WA (US);
Upendra Singh, Redmond, WA (US);
Peeyush Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
Ranveer Chandra, Kirkland, WA (US);
Anirudh Badam, Issaquah, WA (US);
Michael Mcnab Bassani, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Synthetic molecular tags are placed on an item at various points in a supply chain to create a molecular record of movement through the supply chain. Associations between each unique synthetic molecular tag and individual locations in the supply chain are stored in an electronic record which may be maintained in the cloud. The synthetic molecular tags are collected from the item and sequenced to determine movement of the item through the supply chain by reference to the electronic record. The synthetic molecular tags can be used for identifying recalled items based on locations in the supply chain associated with a recall. The synthetic molecular tags may be polynucleotides such as deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA). The item may be any type of item including food.