US Patent Issued to PAYPAL on Dec. 2 for "Quantum-computer-based machine learning" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,273, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PAYPAL INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Quantum-computer-based machine learning" was invented by Hubert Andre Le Van Gong (San Jose, Calif.), Niraj Kumar (Amsterdam) and Nitin S. Sharma (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Quantum computers with a limited number of input qubits are used to perform machine learning processes having a far greater number of trainable features. A list of features of a field are divided into a plurality of feature groups. Each of the feature groups includes a respective group of some, but not all, of the features. A first machine learning process is performed to tra...