ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,816, issued on April 29, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. (Munich).

"Magnetic-field free, nonreciprocal, solid state quantum device using quantum wave collapse and interference" was invented by Jochen Mannhart (Boblingen, Germany), Daniel Braak (Augsburg, Germany), Johannes Arnoldus Boschker (Stuttgart, Germany) and Philipp Michael Bredol (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The quantum device comprises a transmission structure, wherein based on its geometrical arrangement, interference and quantum collapse, the transmission structure is designed such that quantum waves emitte...