ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,625, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Quantinuum LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Seeding and optical pumping of integrated lasers for trapped particle interaction" was invented by Adam Ollanik (Boulder, Colo.), Matthew Bohn (Broomfield, Colo.) and Christopher Langer (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A confinement assembly configured for confining quantum objects is provided. The confinement assembly includes a first substrate having potential generating elements formed thereon; and may include a second substrate that is secured with respect to the first substrate. The confinement assembly further includes at least a ...