ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,085, issued on April 29.
"Jewelry item" was invented by Elizabeth Proulx (Attleboro, Mass.) and Melanie Indindoli (Rehoboth, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jewelry item that includes a plurality of separate links that are supported by a common substrate and in which the links are representative of the DNA lineage of the wearer of the jewelry item. The DNA lineage is represented by the predetermined percentage of DNA on a country-by-country basis as obtained for the wearer; the predetermined percentage being represented by respective different colors that identify each predetermined percentage of DNA. The separate links are in ...