DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[mingwan0]

OK, the digital photo library is not new of course:

http://www.dnaprint.com/2003/pressreleases/pr_05_02_03.htm

DNAPrint Launches Ancestry 2.0 Forensic Profiling Service and Immediately Impacts Several Criminal Investigations
May 2, 2003

"A precise inference of skin tone will require a specific genetic test, which the Company is working on, but to allow forensics customers the immediate ability to make inferences of physical characteristics from Ancestry 2.0 results, the Company intends to provide forensic customers next quarter with access to a database of several hundred digital photographs from individuals who have taken part in the Company's validation studies. The customer would query the database to retrieve photographs for every individual whose profile falls within a specified range, such as "80% European + 20% sub-Saharan African +/- 10%", Through inspection, the customer would gauge variation in physical appearance associated with that range."

However, the patent application has not been mentioned before to my recollection (but then again my memory is not what is was). The "mid-Atlantic customer" is interesting (must be Iceland). The other interesting thing is that we seem to be having more frequent PRs about this product line.