ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,656, issued on April 21, was assigned to 23andMe Genomics LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Ancestry painting" was invented by John Michael Macpherson (Santa Ana, Calif.), Brian Thomas Naughton (Mountain View, Calif.) and Joanna Louise Mountain (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Displaying an indication of ancestral data is disclosed. An indication that a genetic interval corresponds to a reference interval that has a likelihood of having one or more ancestral origins is received. One or more graphic display parameters are determined based at least in part on the indication. An indication of the one or more ancestral origins...