ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,875, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ancestry.com DNA LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Graphical user interface displaying relatedness based on shared DNA" was invented by Shiya Song (San Mateo, Calif.), Neal Craig Varner (Highland, Utah), Ross E. Curtis (Cedar Hills, Utah), Brian Jerel Kerr (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Kelly McCloy Becker (Salt Lake City), Brett Frederick Jorgensen (Draper, Utah), Bryce Damon Ririe (Highland, Utah), Michael Joseph Mulligan (Dublin), Justin Matthew Robert Van Dyke (Dublin) and Michaela Black Bonkemeyer (Burlington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user may select one or more potential common ancestors with a DNA...