ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,374, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Universitat Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Quantum computing device, use, and method" was invented by Florian Meinert (Herrenberg, Germany), Tilman Pfau (Sindelfingen/Darmsheim, Germany) and Christian Holzl (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a quantum computing device comprising at least one atom, wherein the at least one atom has a first electronic state, a second electronic state, and a third electronic state, wherein the third electronic state is a Rydberg electronic state, and an optical capture device configured to emit electromagnetic radiation t...