US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security on Aug. 19 for "DNA access control systems" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,660, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington).

"DNA access control systems" was invented by Mark Fry (Marco Island, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access control system and method configured to DNA-based identification to verify user identification. The access control system may be configured to access a database of biometric and biographic data. The database may comprise a biometric and biographic dataset associated with users. Matching logic may determine whether a user attempting to gain access to a secured location ...