US Patent Issued to University of Kansas on Sept. 15 for "Superconducting neuromorphic computing devices and circuits" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,605, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.).

"Superconducting neuromorphic computing devices and circuits" was invented by Hao Li (Lawrence, Kan.) and Judy Z. Wu (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neuromorphic computing circuit includes a plurality of memristors that function as synapses. The neuromorphic computing circuit also includes a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) coupled to the plurality of memristors. The SQUID functions as a neuron such that the plurality of memristors and the SQUID form a neural unit of the neuromorphic computing circuit."

The patent was...