US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 21 for "Detection of quasiparticle poisoning at Majorana island" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,452, issued on July 21, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Detection of quasiparticle poisoning at Majorana island" was invented by Parsa Bonderson (Santa Barbara, Calif.), David Alexander Aasen (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Roman Bela Bauer (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Christina Paulsen Knapp (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing system including a quantum computing device. The quantum computing device includes a Majorana island at which Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are instantiated. The quantum computing device further includes a quantum dot electrically connectable to an MZM, a capac...