Teranode Corporation, the leading innovator of scientific data and workflow management software for the Life Sciences industry, today announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued the company U.S. Patent No. 7,010,760 B2 for a key element of TERANODE XDA. The patent protects the method and apparatus for TERANODE XDA’s match rules, a feature for integrating datasets and metadata in dynamic workflow. By automating critical data integration, the match rules enable scientists to quickly and reliably understand the provenance and relationships of data within projects.