US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on March 17 for "Josephson junction device and method of making the same" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,870, issued on March 17, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Josephson junction device and method of making the same" was invented by Justin C. Hackley (Catonsville, Md.) and Patrick R. Warner (Hampstead, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Josephson junction (JJ) device is provided. The JJ device comprises an operating JJ, a first hydrogen-trapping JJ having a first end coupled to a first end of the operating JJ and a second end coupled to a first superconductor wire, and a second hydrogen-trapping JJ having a first end coupled to a second end of the operating JJ and a second end coupled to a secon...