ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,551, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TUATARA QRNG LLC (Bethesda, Md.).

"High dimensional system and method for generating quantum random numbers certified via value indefiniteness" was invented by Jose Manuel Aguero Trejo (Auckland, New Zealand), Edward Henry Allen (Bethseda, Md.) and Cristian S. Calude (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system which includes a photon source configured to generate a spin-1 particle; an N-dimensional quantum random number generator (ND-QRNG); a processor; and a memory. The ND-QRNG includes a detector and an optical unit including: a preparation stage configured to enable certif...