Quantum Patent Grants

Method of measuring the distance to a satellite in consideration of quantum and gravity effects, method of measuring a location using the same, and user terminal

Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number: 11585940
A method of measuring a distance to a satellite, which is performed by an electronic device, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises receiving a linearly polarized photon from and angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite the satellite; measuring an amount of rotation of the polarized photon, the rotation being induced by a space-time warpage due to gravity; and calculating a distance to the satellite by using the rotation amount of the…

Electrolyte separators including lithium borohydride and composite electrolyte separators of lithium-stuffed garnet and lithium borohydride

Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number: 11581612
Set forth herein are compositions comprising A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2), wherein X is fluorine, bromine, chloride, iodine, or a combination thereof, and wherein 0.1?A?3, 0.1?B?4, and 0?C?9 that are suitable for use as solid electrolyte separators in lithium electrochemical devices. Also set forth herein are methods of making A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions. Also disclosed herein are electrochemical devices which incorporate A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions and other…

Annealed garnet electrolyte separators

Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number: 11581576
Set forth herein are pellets, thin films, and monoliths of lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having engineered surfaces. These engineered surfaces have a list of advantageous properties including, but not limited to, low surface area resistance, high Li+ ion conductivity, low tendency for lithium dendrites to form within or thereupon when the electrolytes are used in an electrochemical cell. Other advantages include voltage stability and long cycle life when used in electrochemical…

Conjugation device and method for producing conjugates

Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number: 11578297
A conjugation device includes at least one flow reactor having an inlet and an outlet, the flow reactor(s) being completely filled with a support such as a matrix including 1) chromatography beads, fibers or membranes, and 2) a biologic catalyzer, namely the enzyme ligase, which is immobilized onto this support; a fluid delivery unit in fluid communication with the inlet of the flow reactor(s) and configured to continuously provide the flow reactor(s) with at least one kind of reaction…

Thermal management system for vehicles with an electric powertrain

Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number: 11577626
This patent application is directed to thermal management systems of vehicles with an electric powertrain. More specifically, the battery system and one or more powertrain components and/or cabin climate control components of a vehicle share the same thermal circuit as the battery module through which heat can be exchanged between the battery module and one or more powertrain or climate control components as needed.

Integrated sensor with reduced skew

Granted: February 7, 2023
Patent Number: 11573180
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reducing skew in an integrated device, such as a CMOS imaging device. In some aspects, multiple pixels of an integrated circuit may be configured to receive a same control signal and conduct charge carriers responsive to the control signal substantially at the same time. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have modulated charge transfer channel voltage thresholds, such as by having different charge transfer channel…

Low loss high efficiency photonic phase shifter with dielectric electrodes

Granted: February 7, 2023
Patent Number: 11573375
Photonic devices are disclosed including a first cladding layer, a first electrical contact comprising a first lead coupled to a first dielectric portion, a second electrical contact comprising a second lead coupled to a second dielectric portion, a waveguide structure comprising a slab layer comprising a first material, and a second cladding layer. The slab layer may be coupled to the first dielectric portion of the first electrical contact and the second dielectric portion of the…

Techniques for view capture and storage for mobile applications

Granted: February 7, 2023
Patent Number: 11574114
Techniques can capture, store, and regenerate a view of content in applications (e.g., native applications) on devices (e.g., a mobile device). A capture management system can produce compact data storage of views of content in an application on a device and the efficient search thereof of views of content provided in the application. The views of content can be translated into a transportable data layer, such as HTML, and captured using delta encoding to identify changes and…

Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials

Granted: February 7, 2023
Patent Number: 11575153
Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable…

Superconducting switch

Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number: 11569816
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and circuits for reducing switch transition time of superconductor switches. In some embodiments, an electrical circuit includes: (i) an input component configured to generate heat in response to an electrical input; and (ii) a first superconducting component thermally-coupled to the input component. The electrical circuit is configured such that, in the absence of the electrical input, at least a portion of the first…

Quantum tomography and photon source optimization

Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number: 11569919
A photon source module includes a plurality of photon sources, wherein each photon source is configured to non-deterministically generate one or more non-entangled or entangled photons in response to receiving a trigger signal. When two or more photon sources simultaneously generate photons in response to a trigger signal, one photon of a first photon pair is directed to a photon processing system and one photon of a second photon pair is directed to a photon analyzer. During repetitive…

Optical sources for fluorescent lifetime analysis

Granted: January 31, 2023
Patent Number: 11567006
Compact optical sources and methods for producing short and ultrashort optical pulses are described. A semiconductor laser or LED may be driven with a bipolar waveform to generate optical pulses with FWHM durations as short as approximately 85 ps having suppressed tail emission. The pulsed optical sources may be used for fluorescent lifetime analysis of biological samples and time-of-flight imaging, among other applications.

Method and system for controlling access to secure data using custodial key data

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562081
Methods and systems for controlling access to secure data use a custodial TRNG disk. Source data is encrypted using first key data from a first TRNG disk to generate encrypted data which is stored at a first location by a first entity. A second TRNG disk has second key data which is stored at a second location by a second entity. A first TRNG disk copy and a second TRNG disk copy are made identical to the first TRNG disk and the second TRNG disk, respectively, and are stored at one or…

Cyphergenics-based notarization blockchains

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562255
A method for maintaining a material data blockchain (MDC) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a material data block (MDB), wherein the MDB includes a metadata portion and a payload portion. The method further includes extracting a first sequence from the metadata portion and generating a genomic engagement factor (GEF) based on the sequence, a genomic differentiation object assigned to the creator VDAX, and genomic regulation instructions (GRI) that are maintained by the creator…

Apparatus and methods for quantum computing and machine learning

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562279
An apparatus includes a plurality of processing layers coupled in series. Each processing layer in the plurality of processing layers includes a Gaussian unit configured to perform a linear transformation on an input signal including a plurality of optical modes. The Gaussian unit includes a network of interconnected beamsplitters and phase shifters and a plurality of squeezers operatively coupled to the network of interconnected beamsplitters and phase shifters. Each processing layer…

Data storage and management and methods of thereof

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562352
Described herein are various methods of sharing data across multiple computers. The method of sharing data permits the pruning of data from the shared data.

Deriving information from an optically readable security element

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562611
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of deriving information from an optically readable security element, comprising: optically reading the optically readable security element, the optically readable security element comprising at least one optically readable structure, optically readable in response to excitation of the optically readable structure; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the optically readable…

Systems and methods for participating in a digital ecosystem using digital genomic data sets

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562058
According to some embodiments, a system for performing secure data exchange in a digital ecosystem is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of progeny VDAXs, wherein each respective progeny VDAX is configured with a respective ecosystem security platform that is executed by a respective device and has a respective genomic data set assigned thereto. The respective ecosystem security platform is configured to: establish engagement eligibility with another progeny VDAXs of the…

Ecosystem security platforms for enabling data exchange between members of a digital ecosystem using digital genomic data sets

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562057
In embodiments, a VDAX configured with an ecosystem security platform (ESP) and has a digital DNA assigned thereto that includes an eligibility object, a correlation object, and a differentiation object is disclosed. In embodiments, the ESP includes a DNA module configured to: manage and modify the DNA of the VDAX. The ESP also includes a link module that receives and decodes a link from a second VDAX that contains encoded GRI and decodes the encoded GRI based on the eligibility object…

Systems for establishing a digital ecosystem using digital genomic data sets

Granted: January 24, 2023
Patent Number: 11562056
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, techniques for performing genomic security-related control of a digital ecosystem are disclosed. In embodiments, the digital ecosystem includes an ecosystem VDAX that maintains a progenitor genomic data set corresponding to the digital ecosystem, generates a plurality of respective progeny genomic data sets based on the progenitor genomic data set, and allocates the progeny genomic data set to a respective progeny VDAX of a…