ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,001, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Terra Quantum AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Ferroelectric nanoparticle capacitor for non-binary logics and method of operation" was invented by Anna Razumnaja (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Yurii Tikhonov (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Igor Lukyanchuk (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Valerii Vinokour (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ferroelectric nanoparticle capacitor-device comprises a pair of conductive elements electrically insulated from each other, and ferroelectric nanoparticles arranged between the conductive elements of the pair. The ferroelectric nanoparticles are adapt...