US Patent Issued to Nord Quantique on Nov. 4 for "Quantum computer, and method of performing quantum computing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,176, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nord Quantique Inc. (Sherbrooke, Canada).

"Quantum computer, and method of performing quantum computing" was invented by Philippe St-Jean (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Dany Lachance-Quirion (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system can include a quantum subsystem drivable to host a bosonic cat state having N coherent states wherein N is greater than two, the N coherent states defining a computational space; a controller operably connected to control driving hardware in accordance with control instructions, wherein at least one interaction type between the bosonic cat state and an e...