Quantum Echo Encryption and Retrospective Decryption Mitigation
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260093811A1 for quantum echo encryption methods using quantum-entangled particles. The system generates disturbance echoes when unauthorized parties attempt to access quantum-encrypted data, rendering the data unintelligible. The application (18891040) was filed September 20, 2024.
What changed
USPTO published patent application US20260093811A1 disclosing methods and systems for quantum echo encryption that use quantum-entangled particles to store encrypted data on quantum media. The encryption key is obtained via quantum tunneling between quantum computers. When an unauthorized party attempts intrusion, the system generates echoes that disturb the quantum-entangled particles, making the encrypted data unintelligible to the intruder.
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QUANTUM ECHO ENCRYPTION AND RETROSPECTIVE DECRYPTION MITIGATION
Application US20260093811A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026
Inventors
Adam Kristian King, James Siekman, Sanjay Lohar, Matthew Bryant, Catherine Cunningham, Takiyah Watford, Elizabeth Swanzy-Parker, Peter Nein
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus may encrypt data using an encryption key and securely store the encrypted data on a quantum medium so that the data is not accessed without authorization. The encrypted data may be stored on a quantum medium in the form of quantum bits that are encoded as quantum-entangled particles having correlated quantum states. An authorized user at a second quantum computer may access the stored data and decrypt the data with a copy of the encryption key that may be obtained from the first quantum computer via quantum tunneling. An intrusion attempt by an unauthorized party to access the quantum encrypted data via the quantum medium may cause one or more echoes to be generated and passed into the quantum medium. The echoes may disturb the quantum-entangled particles and make the quantum encrypted data unintelligible to the unauthorized party so that the encrypted data cannot be accessed.
CPC Classifications
G06F 21/566 H04L 9/0852
Filing Date
2024-09-20
Application No.
18891040
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