ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,508, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Quantinuum LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Beam delivery system" was invented by Mary A. Rowe (Boulder, Colo.), Michael Belt (Broomfield, Colo.), Bryan T. Spann (Broomfield, Colo.), Molly R. Krogstad (Westminster, Colo.), Robert D. Horning (Lakeville, Minn.), David A. Deen (Edina, Minn.), Michael D. Young (Broomfield, Colo.) and Nathan Worts (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam delivery system is provided that includes a beam delivery photonic integrated circuit. The beam delivery photonic integrated circuit includes one or more optical inputs; a plurality of waveguide outputs; an...