ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,227, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ColdQuanta Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Compact vacuum packaging technology usable with ion traps" was invented by Steven Michael Hughes (Louisville, Colo.), Clinton Cahall (Lafayette, Colo.), Steffen Michael Kross (Boulder, Colo.), James S. Hale (Longmont, Colo.), Hugo Leon (Longmont, Colo.) and Matthew Barton Jaskot (Golden, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum system is described. The vacuum system includes a vacuum cell and an ion trap. The vacuum cell includes walls having an inner surface that form at least a portion of a vacuum chamber. At least a portion of the inner surface has a t...