US Patent Issued to Othram on July 21 for "Methods and systems for protecting genetic data" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,435, issued on July 21, was assigned to Othram Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Methods and systems for protecting genetic data" was invented by Lee C. Baker (The Woodlands, Texas), David A. Mittelman (The Woodland, Texas) and John W. Fondon III (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for comparing genetic data of at least two individuals to determine a relationship between the at least two individuals and to present the relationship while providing privacy protection of certain genetic data. One system includes a one or more processing circuits to receive at least a portion o...