ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,166, issued on June 16, was assigned to Prepaire Labs Ltd. (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Biosecurity control system based on blockchain technology for regulation and monitoring the printing of genetic sequences" was invented by Carl Freer (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprising receiving a transaction request to print a genetic sequence, the transaction request including an account and a key, a state of the account managed by a blockchain where a plurality of copies of the blockchain include a state of the account; retrieving a stored key associated with the account; authenticating th...