ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,113, issued on March 25, was assigned to Lightsynq Technologies Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Portable quantum memory package for quantum network nodes" was invented by Denis Sukachev (Brookline, Mass.), Bartholomeus Johannes Machielse (Somerville, Mass.), Mihir Keshav Bhaskar (Cambridge, Mass.) and David Sarkis Levonian (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged quantum memory device is described. The packaged quantum memory device comprises both quantum memories and quantum memory control devices within an outer package, such that the unit may be shipped, installed, and operated without opening the outer package to tu...