ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,511, issued on June 3, was assigned to RANDOM POWER SRL IN FORMA ABBREVIATA RAP! S.R.L. (Milan).

"Device and method for generating random bit sequences" was invented by Massimo Luigi Maria Caccia (Milan), Luca Malinverno (Varese, Italy) and Lorenza Paolucci (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for generating random bit sequences is provided. The device includes at least one Silicon Photo-Multiplier sensor configured to generate a sequence of endogenous random current pulses as a result of an impact ionization driven self-amplification of thermally generated charge carriers to which the at least one Silicon Photo-Multiplier s...