ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,898, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Long Josephson junction logic gate systems" was invented by Joshua A. Strong (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes a long Josephson junction gate system. The system includes at least one input long Josephson junction (Josephson junction) configured to propagate a respective at least one input signal. The system also includes a long Josephson junction gate comprising at least one gate long Josephson junction configured to provide a logic operation based on the at least one input signal and to provide at leas...