Applied BioCode announced on February 9th, 2016 the grant of US Patent 9255922 from United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. Briefly, the granted patent describes the material and method of a digital barcode, and the specialty of which being 1,000 times smaller than the conventional barcodes. The digital barcode is mainly employed for simultaneous identification of thousands of bacteria, viruses, pathogens, or biomarkers.