ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,074, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Plasmonic borophene nanoribbon metal-insulator-metal structure for quantum imaging" was invented by Yukihiro Tadokoro (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein relate to implementing quantum imaging. In one embodiment, method includes forming a first substrate that is optically transparent and electrically conductive; forming a second substrate, residing on the first substrate, that is optically transparent and electrically insulative; forming a...