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D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.

293Patents
248Active
293Granted
61Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 1, 1999 → Feb 16, 2024 · 50 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7533068B2 Analog processor comprising quantum devices Performing Operations; Transporting 265 Active
US7135701B2 Adiabatic quantum computation with superconducting qubits Performing Operations; Transporting 255 Expired
US7876248B2 Systems, methods and apparatus for local programming of quantum processor elements Performing Operations; Transporting 217 Active
US8195596B2 Systems, devices, and methods for interconnected processor topology Performing Operations; Transporting 200 Active
US8035540B2 Systems, methods and apparatus for local programming of quantum processor elements Performing Operations; Transporting 193 Active
US8190548B2 Systems, devices, and methods for analog processing Physics 190 Active
US7418283B2 Adiabatic quantum computation with superconducting qubits Performing Operations; Transporting 188 Active
US8008942B2 Analog processor comprising quantum devices Performing Operations; Transporting 178 Active
US8421053B2 Oubit based systems, devices, and methods for analog processing Electricity 164 Active
US8018244B2 Architecture for local programming of quantum processor elements using latching qubits Physics 138 Active
US8560282B2 Quantum processor-based systems, methods and apparatus for solving problems as logic circuits Electricity 124 Active
US7619437B2 Coupling methods and architectures for information processing Electricity 121 Active
US7898282B2 Systems, devices, and methods for controllably coupling qubits Performing Operations; Transporting 108 Active
US8169231B2 Systems, methods, and apparatus for qubit state readout Performing Operations; Transporting 105 Active
US7639035B2 Qubit state copying Performing Operations; Transporting 99 Active
US8283943B2 Analog processor comprising quantum devices Performing Operations; Transporting 98 Active
US7843209B2 Architecture for local programming of quantum processor elements using latching qubits Physics 97 Active
US7932515B2 Quantum processor Electricity 87 Active
US6979836B2 Superconducting low inductance qubit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US7624088B2 Analog processor comprising quantum devices Performing Operations; Transporting 86 Active
US6459097B1 Qubit using a Josephson junction between s-wave and d-wave superconductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US8098179B2 Systems, methods and apparatus for digital-to-analog conversion of superconducting magnetic flux signals Performing Operations; Transporting 82 Active
US7307275B2 Encoding and error suppression for superconducting quantum computers Physics 81 Expired
US6627915B1 Shaped Josephson junction qubits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US6960780B2 Resonant controlled qubit system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 77 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.