Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7368263 - Nucleic acid circuit element with conductive coatings

The use of nucleic acids for constructing circuit elements is of interest since it allows for self-assembly of the components and provides the possibility of 3D circuit architectures. This patent with fairly old priority (May 1998) seems fairly fundamental to a nucleic acid circuit element.

1. A circuit comprising:

at least one circuit element, the circuit element comprising at least one of a resistor, a diode, a capacitor, a transistor, and an inductor; wherein the at least one circuit element comprises a nucleic acid template with two or more sequential regions which are coated with different materials that are at least partially conductive.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).