ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,751, issued on June 23, was assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Method, device, system, and computer program for constructing quantum cryptographic communication network" was invented by Chankyun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Wonhyuk Lee (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method, a device, and a computer program for constructing a quantum cryptographic communication network. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for constructing, in a device, a quantum cryptographic communication network including mult...