G21K 1/30
Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation: for confining neutral particles or
Official title: for confining neutral particles or handling confined neutral particles, e.g. atom traps
G21K1/30 (Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation: for confining neutral particles or) appears on 179 US grants and 242 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21K- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 242
- Assignees
- 162
- Inventors
- 615
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 15 | 29 |
| 2024 | 28 | 30 |
| 2025 | 16 | 20 |
| 2026 | 7 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Preparation of cold atom clouds for measuring gravity gradient25 Aug 2026US 12,717,060 B2The University of Birmingham
- Photonically multiplexed optical measurement apparatus and performing optical multiplexing28 Jul 2026US 12,695,001 B2Government of the United States of America, AS Represented By the Secretary of Commerce
- Method of reconfiguring particles in a grid of particle traps23 Jun 2026US 12,665,101 B2Upscale Quantum Solutions Inc.
- Low noise high frequency coil driver7 Apr 2026US 12,597,545 B2ColdQuanta, Inc.
- Atom transport for nanofiber quantum computing and repeater and method31 Mar 2026US 12,592,774 B1Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Inc.
- Atom trap devices including structured electrode layers17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279615 A1Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Zoned neutral atom quantum computer schedule optimization3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260776 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Cold Atom Generation Device, Cold Atom Generation Method, Physics Package, Physics Package for Optical Lattice Clock, Physics Package for Atomic Clock, Physics Package for Atom Interferometer, Physics Package for Quantum Information Processing Device, and Physics Package System27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252035 A1JEOL Ltd.
- Method for controlling an atom interferometer, atom interferometer and computer program20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245765 A1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
- System and method for parallel implementation of multi-qubit quantum gates20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245766 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser-guided manipulation of non-atomic particles129US 6,823,124 B1Optomec Design Company · 2004
- Optical trap system and method81US 5,512,745 AThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University · 1996
- Optical stretcher64US 6,067,859 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 2000
- Optical array device and methods of use thereof for screening, analysis and manipulation of particles59US 6,991,939 B2Tufts University · 2006
- Method for trapping, manipulating, and separating cells and cellular components utilizing a particle trap38US 5,752,606 A1998