Quantum Patent Grants

Quantum controller architecture

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11942947
A system comprises pulse generation and measurement circuitry comprising a plurality of pulse generator circuits and a plurality of ports, and management circuitry. The management circuitry is operable to analyze a specification of a controlled system and controlled elements that comprises a definition of a controlled element of the control system, and a definition of one or more pulses available for transmission by the control system. The management circuitry is operable to configure,…

Frequency management for quantum control

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11942946
A system comprises quantum control interconnect circuitry configured to receive a plurality of fixed-frequency signals, a variable-frequency signal, a quantum control pulse, a quantum element readout pulse, and a quantum element return pulse. The circuitry is operable to upconvert the quantum control pulse using the fixed-frequency signals. The circuitry is operable to upconvert the readout pulse using the variable-frequency signal. The circuitry is operable to downconvert the return…

Personal augmented reality

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11942002
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for enabling Personal Augmented Reality (PAR). PAR can include an emitor configured to receive data signals and emit the data signals as light signals. PAR can further include a smart device configured to receive the light signals emitted by the emitor. The smart device can process the light signals to yield a communication and display the communication on a screen.

Methods and devices for fault tolerant quantum gates

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11940834
A method includes obtaining a plurality of entangled qubits, with high fault tolerance, represented by a lattice structure. The lattice structure includes a plurality of contiguous lattice cells. A first subset of the plurality of entangled qubits defines a first plane, and a second subset of the plurality of entangled qubits defines a second plane that is parallel to and offset from the first plane. The plurality of entangled qubits includes a defect qubit that is entangled with at…

Projectile for firearms

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11940252
A projectile for firearms comprises a body defining a generally cylindrical base portion opposite an ogive. The body further defines a longitudinal axis. A plurality of pairs of adjacent flutes are defined in the ogive. Each flute has a radius of curvature which decreases along the longitudinal axis from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the flute. The adjacent flutes of each pair define and are substantially symmetrical about a central ridge. Each ridge is coplanar with the…

Quantum printing nanostructures within carbon nanopores

Granted: March 26, 2024
Patent Number: 11939671
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating and quantum printing materials, such as elemental metals, in a nanoporous carbon powder.

Superconducting field-programmable gate array

Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number: 11936380
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a programmable circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component arranged in a multi-dimensional array of alternating narrow and wide portions, the superconducting component having an input terminal at a first end and an output terminal at a second end opposite of the first end; and (2) control circuitry coupled to the narrow portions of the…

Method, apparatus, terminal and storage medium for quantum topology graph optimization

Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number: 11934919
Disclosed are a quantum topology graph optimization method, apparatus, terminal and storage medium, comprising: obtaining a first quantum topology graph of a target quantum algorithm, determining an intermediate node in the first quantum topology graph, and removing connecting lines between other graph nodes other than the intermediate node so as to obtain a second quantum topology graph without the crossed connecting lines; if not, updating the first quantum topology graph to a third…

System and methods for electrokinetic loading of sub-micron-scale reaction chambers

Granted: March 19, 2024
Patent Number: 11932906
Apparatus and techniques for electrokinetic loading of samples of interest into sub-micron-scale reaction chambers are described. Embodiments include an integrated device and related apparatus for analyzing samples in parallel. The integrated device may include at least one reaction chamber formed through a surface of the integrated device and configured to receive a sample of interest, such as a molecule of nucleic acid. The integrated device may further include electrodes patterned…

System and method for conditioning new LTO media

Granted: March 12, 2024
Patent Number: 11929092
A tape drive (226) for use in a tape library (10) that retains at least one tape cartridge (220) that retains magnetic tape (250) includes a drive housing (226A) and a media conditioner (255). The drive housing (226A) is configured to receive the tape cartridge (220). The media conditioner (255) is coupled to the drive housing (226A). The media conditioner (255) is configured to condition the magnetic tape (250) when the tape cartridge (220) is received within the drive housing (226A).…

Synchronisation device and method for determining an instant of the respiratory cycle of a patient, and assembly comprising a medical robot

Granted: March 12, 2024
Patent Number: 11925500
The disclosure is directed to a synchronization device and method for identifying a specific moment in a patient's respiratory cycle to aid medical interventions. The device includes a locating apparatus, a patient reference with radio-opaque markers, a detectable locating element, an X-ray detector, and a control unit for data recording and processing. The invention aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of medical procedures by synchronizing them with the patient's respiratory…

Self-coherent receiver based on polarization-independent delay interferometers

Granted: March 5, 2024
Patent Number: 11923909
Disclosed is a self-coherent receiver based on polarization-independent delay interferometers, relating to a technical field of optical communication, including a first beam splitter, a first circulator, a second circulator, a first polarization-independent delay interferometer, a second polarization-independent delay interferometer, a first balanced detector, a second balanced detector and an electrical signal processing module.

Active and passive battery pressure management

Granted: March 5, 2024
Patent Number: 11923516
Provided herein are apparatuses and methods of useful for managing pressure in electrochemical devices. The methods and systems use inputs and combinations of inputs to predictively pressurize or depressurize a battery. The methods minimize energy losses from excessive battery pressure when the battery is not in use.

Appressed antenna

Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number: 11916313
An appressed antenna includes an antenna housing and a metal shell. The antenna housing comprising a housing and a planar antenna, where the planar antenna is bent with one part folded onto the inner surface of the housing and other part pressed onto the outer surface of the housing. The antenna housing is sleeve fitted to the metal shell with a gap between for the planar antenna to radiate. In this all-metal environment, the position of the antenna is close to the gap opening will…

Measuring device, measuring system, moving body, and measuring method

Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number: 11913910
A measuring device for measuring an inspection target on the basis of vibration generated when the inspection target has been irradiated with laser light includes a condensing position deriving portion configured to derive an amount of adjustment of a distance between condensing lenses of a laser condensing unit configured to condense the laser light on the basis of a distance between a laser device configured to radiate the laser light and an irradiation location of the laser light and…

Pumping systems

Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number: 11913437
A system and method for pumping fluid. The system includes a sequence of two or more positive-displacement sub-systems each having a respective one-way inlet. A respective one-way flow path links each adjacent two of the sub-systems. A one-way outlet from a last of the sub-systems is provided. The system is capable of a mode of operation in which at least some of the sub-systems are substantially in phase with respect to each other to cause the system to draw fluid from more than one of…

Stable antibody-drug conjugate, preparation method therefor, and use thereof

Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number: 11911435
A conjugate and preparation method therefor, comprising a medication composition comprising the conjugate and a use of the medication composition in preparing medications for the treatment or prevention of diseases.

Stable antibody-drug conjugate, preparation method therefor, and use thereof

Granted: February 27, 2024
Patent Number: 11911434
The present invention provides a conjugate and preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate and use of the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease.

Robotic device for a minimally invasive medical intervention on soft tissues

Granted: February 20, 2024
Patent Number: 11903659
A robotic device for a minimally invasive medical intervention on soft tissues is provided. The robotic device uses a medical instrument having a robot arm having several degrees of freedom and having an end suitable for receiving the medical instrument, an image capture system suitable for capturing position information concerning the anatomy of the patient, a storage medium having a biomechanical model of the human body, a processing circuit configured to determine a position setpoint…

Method for isolating target nucleic acid using heteroduplex binding proteins

Granted: February 13, 2024
Patent Number: 11898196
The invention includes methods and apparatus for separating mutations, especially rare and unknown mutations, using heteroduplex binding proteins. Nucleic acids may optionally be nicked at or near the mutation in order to promote heteroduplex binding protein recognition and binding. In particular, using the disclosed methods, it is possible to separate heteroduplexed nucleic acid strand pair from homoduplexed nucleic acid strand pairs having similar sequences and being at a much higher…