ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,831, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Superconducting qubit and preparation method thereof, quantum storage device, and quantum computer" was invented by Hao Deng (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a superconducting qubit. The superconducting qubit includes: a Josephson junction and a non-Josephson junction area, wherein the non-Josephson junction area includes a first layer of superconducting material, the first layer of superconducting material being superconducting material deposited on the non-Josephson junction area before ...