ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,748, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FUJITSU Ltd. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Quantum device and method for controlling quantum device" was invented by Kenichi Kawaguchi (Ebina, Japan) and Manabu Ohtomo (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum device includes: a WTe2 layer; a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer; a first to third normal conducting metal electrodes; a first control circuit that controls a potential of the normal conducting metal electrodes; superconducting metal wiring; and a second control circuit that controls a superconducting phase difference of the superconducting metal wiring. The WTe2 l...