ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,438, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) (Paris), UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES (Saint Martin d'Heres, France), INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE (Grenoble, France), UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III (Toulouse, France), INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE (Toulouse, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Optoelectronic device, single-photon generator, memory, multiplexer, implant and associated methods" was invented by Julien Pernot (Grenoble, France), Cedric Masante (Fontaine, France), Nicolas Rouger (Toulouse, France), Martin Kah (Fontaine, France) and Clement Hebert (Fontaine,...