ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,715, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to QUSIDE TECHNOLOGIES S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Random number generator comprising a vertical cavity surface emitting laser" was invented by Carlos Abellan (Barcelona, Spain), Waldimar Amaya (Barcelona, Spain), Domenico Tulli (Barcelona, Spain) and Miquel Rude (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided for herein is random number generator that includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, VCSEL, a mode separator and a photodetector, the random number generator further comprising a power source to drive the VCSEL in direct modulation mode. The VCSEL is adapted to emit, from an e...