ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,523, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Millimeter Wave Systems LLC (Amherst, Mass.).

"Qubit readout pump suppression method" was invented by William R. Shedd (Palmer, Mass.), James R. Strickland (Shutesbury, Mass.), Christopher T. Koh (Amherst, Mass.) and Kenneth R. Wood (Hadley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A qubit readout device that suppresses an unwanted pump leakage signal using an absorptive notch filter. The notch filter allows for two distinct ranges of passing frequencies above and below a notch frequency."

The patent was filed on July 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/224,411.

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