US Patent Issued to Terra Quantum on Sept. 8 for "Method and system for quantum key distribution" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,303, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Terra Quantum AG (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

"Method and system for quantum key distribution" was invented by Mikhail Vyatkin (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Alexander Gutor (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Nikita Kirsanov (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Ekaterina Zhdanova (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Mikhail Yarovikov (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Alexander Smirnov (St. Gallen, Switzerland), Alexander Bezruchenko (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Gordey Lesovik (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for quantum key distribution includes determining a ratio between a target maximum gain and a t...