ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,601, issued on July 7, was assigned to Origin Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co. Ltd (Hefei, China).

"Quantum chip and fabrication method therefor" was invented by Liangliang Ma (Hefei, China), Wenshu Liu (Hefei, China), Jie Zheng (Hefei, China), Nianci Wang (Hefei, China) and Bing You (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a quantum chip and a fabrication method therefor. The quantum chip includes a base substrate on which signal transmission lines are formed; and at least one insulating substrate located on the base substrate, where a qubit and a through hole penetrating through the insulating substrate are...