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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Src, Inc., North Syracuse, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mary F. Swartz, Stow, MA (US);
Laura T. Bortolin, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
SRC, Inc., North Syracuse, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 37/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6816 (2013.01); Y10T 436/13 (2015.01);
Abstract
A nucleic acid tag comprising a nucleotide-support platform attached to a nucleic acid molecule, a fire retardant, and an encapsulant. Unique nucleic acid-containing tags containing a fire- or heat-protective element are seeded at one or more geographic locations. Using sequence analysis techniques, the person or object of interest is examined for the presence of one or more of the seeded nucleic acids. The geographic location associated with each detected nucleic acid is used to backtrack the item's path or extrapolate a probable point of origin.