Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
33 patents granted to the 5 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 Quantum Computing Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
33
33 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
4
Against 3 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
41
4 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Optics11
Computer technology3
Telecommunications1
Measurement1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
Freedom Photonics, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
24 granted
7 publishedFreedom Photonics LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
25 publishedEM4, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
6 publishedQuantum Computing Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 publishedQuantum Computing Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,320 | Designs for lateral current control in optical amplifiers and lasers | Optics | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,493,811 | Variational analog quantum oracle learning | Computer technology | Quantum Computing Inc. |
| Feb 11, 2025 | 12,224,554 | Laser having tapered region | Optics | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 12,209,866 | Atomic sensor system | Measurement | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 12,095,228 | Tunable laser with active material on at least one end for monitoring performance | Optics | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Aug 13, 2024 | 12,063,073 | System and method for external wavelength control of optical modulators | Telecommunications | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 12,008,436 | Machine learning mapping for quantum processing units | Computer technology | Quantum Computing Inc. |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 11,837,838 | Laser having tapered region | Optics | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Aug 8, 2023 | 11,721,951 | Tunable laser with active material on at least one end for monitoring performance | Optics | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
| Apr 18, 2023 | 11,631,963 | Optical device with coating for operation in multiple environments | Optics | Freedom Photonics, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | 2025/0125584 | DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS WITH TUNABLE DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR INTEGRATION | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2025/0038476 | THERMALLY COMPENSATED WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASERS | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 2025/0023327 | TUNABLE LASER WITH ACTIVE MATERIAL ON AT LEAST ONE END FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 2025/0015563 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAM COMBINATION OF TAPERED DIODE LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 2024/0396307 | SPECTRAL-BASED CORRECTION OF LASER BAR SMILE | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Sep 26, 2024 | 2024/0322529 | SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ADJUSTMENT OF LASER DEVICE DRIVE CURRENT USING ASIC DRIVES | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Sep 19, 2024 | 2024/0310590 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER CHIP FOR PHOTONIC WIRE BONDING | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 2024/0258766 | ISOLATION USED FOR INTEGRATED OPTICAL SINGLE MODE LASERS | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
| May 23, 2024 | 2024/0169231 | ADAPTIVE LEARNING FOR QUANTUM CIRCUITS | Computer technology | Quantum Computing Inc. |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 2024/0063601 | MULTIPLE OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH THERMAL COMPENSATION | Optics | Freedom Photonics LLC |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Optics 11 · Computer technology 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.