ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,628, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Superconducting device and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Ayami Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Kenji Nanba (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a superconducting device capable of more accurately arranging a non-contact coupling circuit of a superconducting integrated circuit chip and a non-contact coupling circuit of a circuit board. The chip has a first electrode made of a first superconducting material and a first non-contact coupling circuit on a surface thereof. The board has a second electrode made of a second superconducting material and a secon...