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D-Wave Quantum Inc. (QBTS)

Nasdaq: QBTS · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Palo Alto, CA · filing with the SEC since 2022
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

292 patents granted to the 4 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to D-Wave Quantum Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
292
291 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
15
Against 16 in 2024 and 19 in 2023
Applications published
288
7 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology69
Semiconductors8
Basic communication processes6
Measurement5
Audio-visual technology3
Telecommunications2
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
D-WAVE SYSTEMS a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 5 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
291 granted
79 published
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
0 granted
206 published
Quantum Circuits, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Quantum Circuits, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
1372934 B.C. Ltd.
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 16, 202512,501,840Systems, articles, and methods for a tunable capacitorSemiconductorsD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Nov 18, 202512,475,400Input/output systems and methods for superconducting devicesComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Nov 18, 202512,475,399Systems and methods for increasing energy-scale by minimizing qubit inductanceBasic communication processesD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Nov 18, 202512,475,394Systems and methods for improving efficiency of calibration of quantum devicesComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Sep 16, 202512,417,398Interface between cryogenic computational hardware and room temperature computational hardwareTelecommunicationsQuantum Circuits, Inc.
Aug 19, 202512,392,823Systems and methods for on-chip noise measurementsMeasurementD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Jul 29, 202512,373,719Systems and methods for simulating a quantum processorComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS
May 13, 202512,299,593Systems and methods for optimizing annealing parametersComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Mar 18, 202512,254,418Systems and methods for heuristic algorithms with variable effort parametersComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Mar 11, 202512,248,849Quantum annealing debugging systems and methodsComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jun 5, 20252025/0180673SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING DEVICES IN A SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUITComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Feb 13, 20252025/0055457SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUBIT CONTROLBasic communication processesD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Feb 13, 20252025/0053842SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING ENERGY-SCALE BY MINIMIZING QUBIT INDUCTANCEBasic communication processesD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. · patent 12,475,399 granted from it
Jan 30, 20252025/0040454KINETIC INDUCTANCE FOR COUPLERS AND COMPACT QUBITSSemiconductorsD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Jan 30, 20252025/0038722SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNABLE PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATIONBasic communication processesD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Jan 9, 20252025/0013900QUANTUM ANNEALING DEBUGGING SYSTEMS AND METHODSComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. · patent 12,248,849 granted from it
Jan 2, 20252025/0005418SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERCONDUCTING FLUX QUBIT READOUTComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 5, 20242024/0403684INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICESComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. · patent 12,475,400 granted from it
Oct 10, 20242024/0338584SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR QUANTUM PROCESSOR TOPOLOGYSemiconductorsD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Aug 1, 20242024/0256930SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING QUANTUM EVOLUTION IN QUANTUM COMPUTATIONComputer technologyD-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 16 · Semiconductors 5 · Basic communication processes 5 · Measurement 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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