ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,395, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Quantinuum LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Decreased crosstalk atomic object detection" was invented by John Gaebler (Golden, Colo.) and Brian Neyenhuis (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, systems, or computer program products for performing decreased crosstalk atomic object reading/detection. A controller is operatively connected to components of a system comprising a confinement apparatus comprising RF electrodes defining an RF null axis and a plurality of longitudinal electrodes. The components comprise voltage sources and manipulat...