US Patent Issued to British Telecommunications on May 20 for "Digital transactions using quantum technology" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,264, issued on May 20, was assigned to British Telecommunications PLC (London).

"Digital transactions using quantum technology" was invented by Catherine White (London) and Jonathan Roscoe (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is herein provided a method of quantum communication, the method including indicating to a quantum receiving apparatus that a first sequence of mutually non-orthogonal bases will be used to prepare at least some of a plurality of bits in quantum states, at a quantum transmitting apparatus, preparing each of the plurality of bits in a respective one of a second sequence of mutually non-orthogonal bases, t...