ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,372, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd. (Kensington, Australia).

"Quantum processing system" was invented by Michelle Yvonne Simmons (New South Wales, Australia), Matthew Gregory House (New South Wales, Australia), Samuel Keith Gorman (New South Wales, Australia) and Mark Richard Hogg (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to quantum processing systems that include a plurality of donor atom qubits positioned in a semiconductor substrate. The system also comprises a plurality of control gates configured to control the donor atom qubits....