US Patent Issued to ID QUANTIQUE on Sept. 8 for "Quantum key distribution network and quantum-secured communication network including the above" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,350, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ID QUANTIQUE SA (Geneva).

"Quantum key distribution network and quantum-secured communication network including the above" was invented by Bruno Huttner (Chavannes-pres-Renens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a Quantum Key Distribution Network comprising a Quantum Key Distribution layer comprising a plurality of pairs of emitters and receivers and a plurality of Core Nodes and Edge Nodes and a Key Management Layer adapted to exclusively receive XORed-keys from the Core Nodes, mix said XORed-keys from the Core Nodes, and send said mixed XORed-keys to t...