ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,127, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Quantum data processing system" was invented by Jarrod Ryan McClean (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for quantum data processing. In one aspect, a method includes storing, in a quantum memory, multiple copies of a quantum state, comprising, for each copy of the quantum state, i) probing, by an initialized quantum sensor, a target system to obtain an evolved quantum state of the quantum sensor, ii) transducing the evolved quantum state of the quantum sensor into a quantum state of a quantum buffer, iii) lo...