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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen P. Mills, Jr., Chatham, NJ (US);
Bernard Yurke, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; H04L 9/00 ; H04N 7/167 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; H04L 9/00 ; H04N 7/167 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods for (a) encrypting information in the form of words, numbers, or graphical images, by obtaining a set of nucleic acid strands or nucleic acid analog strands having subunit sequences selected to represent the information, (b) transmitting the information by sending the nucleic acids or nucleic acid analogs to a recipient who possesses a key for decryption, and (c) using the key to decrypt the information and recover the words, numbers, or represented by the nucleic acids or nucleic acid analogs.