ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,972, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG (Villach, Austria).

"Multi dimensional electrode controller for quantum computing" was invented by Wolfgang Furtner (Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for multidimensional ion shuttling, the apparatus including a first shuttling lane having first lane elements, a second shuttling lane having second lane elements with the second shuttling lane intersecting the first shuttling lane, first electrode elements along the first movement lane, second electrode elements along the second movement lane, an electrode control ci...