ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,607, issued on May 26, was assigned to Fujitsu Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Expected value calculation system, expected value calculation apparatus, and expected value calculation method" was invented by Naoki Iijima (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expected value calculation system includes: a quantum computer that calculates an expected value of a calculation target by using a quantum circuit; an update circuit that obtains a specific parameter by performing, a predetermined number of times, update processing in which the expected value is acquired from the quantum computer, an updated parameter is obtained by updating...