US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 25 for "Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array (SQA) having predetermined pattern across each row" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,055, issued on March 25, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array (SQA) having predetermined pattern across each row" was invented by Benjamin J. Taylor (Escondido, Calif.), Susan Anne Elizabeth Berggren (San Diego) and Anna M. Leese de Escobar (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array (SQA) includes at least one row each including SQUIDs. The SQUIDs in each row are connected in parallel and include junctions, such as Josephson junctions, shared among...