ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,865, issued on April 21, was assigned to IonQ Inc. (College Park, Md.).

"Quantum information processing systems" was invented by Joachim Welte (Carrboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for use in the implementation and/or operation of quantum information processing (QIP) systems, and more particularly, to implementation of beam shaping structures to the QIP systems. Beam shaping structures can include a first prism, a mirror, and second prism arranged at distance from one another and configured to receive and reflect a laser beam to shape the beam upon ex...