ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,128, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Quantum dot devices with alternating layouts and screening gates" was invented by Hubert C. George (Portland, Ore.), Ravi Pillarisetty (Portland, Ore.) and James S. Clarke (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Quantum dot devices with alternating layouts of read devices associated with a single active row of qubits and, optionally, with one or more screening gates, are disclosed. An example quantum dot device with an alternating layout includes a first read device on one side of an active row, proximate a first portion of the active row, to detect/re...