ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,530, issued on March 24, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Quantum device" was invented by Katsumi Kikuchi (Tokyo), Akira Miyata (Tokyo), Suguru Watanabe (Tokyo), Takanori Nishi (Tokyo), Hideyuki Satou (Tokyo), Kenji Nanba (Tokyo) and Ayami Yamaguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum device capable of effectively cooling a quantum chip and an area (e.g., a space) therearound is provided. A quantum device includes a quantum chip and an interposer on which the quantum chip is located. The interposer includes an interposer substrate and an interposer wiring layer. The interposer wiring layer is disposed on a surface of ...