ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,375, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KT Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Method and device for quantum key distribution" was invented by Jeonghwan Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyung-Woon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Min Soo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method and a device for quantum key distribution. The quantum key distribution device may be connected to another quantum key distribution device through a quantum channel and distribute a quantum cryptography key. The device may include an optical unit having an optical element to transmit information, and a post-processor ...