US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on Jan. 27 for "Josephson junction device with orthogonal electrodes" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,716, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Josephson junction device with orthogonal electrodes" was invented by Patrick R. Warner (Hampstead, Md.), Justin C. Hackley (Catonsville, Md.), Shawn A. Keebaugh (Annapolis, Md.) and Aurelius L. Graninger (Sykesville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Josephson junction (JJ) device is disclosed that includes a first superconductor structure having a bottom superconductor arm portion and a second superconductor structure having a top superconductor arm portion disposed substantially orthogonal to the bottom superconductor arm portion and ov...