ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,884, issued on July 22, was assigned to Origin Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co. Ltd (Hefei, China).

"Clock synchronization apparatus and method, quantum measurement and control system, and quantum computer" was invented by Liangchen Fan (Hefei, China), Xuebai Li (Hefei, China) and Weicheng Kong (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a clock synchronization apparatus, a clock synchronization method, a quantum measurement and control system, and a quantum computer. The clock synchronization apparatus includes a benchmark clock, a first clock generator, function boards, and second clock generators. The first ...