ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,601, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sample holder and superconducting quantum computer" was invented by Yoshihito Hashimoto (Tokyo) and Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample holder includes: a pedestal made of metal; and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) placed on the pedestal. The PCB includes a through opening that penetrates from a front surface to a rear surface of the PCB. The pedestal includes a cavity bottomed and with a top of the pedestal opened, the cavity formed at a portion corresponding to directly under the through opening on a side of the pedestal on which the PCB is placed....