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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Oleksiy Pikalo, Belmont, MA (US);
John D. Schlafer, Wayland, MA (US);
Brig B. Elliot, Arlington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Oleksiy Pikalo, Belmont, MA (US);
John D. Schlafer, Wayland, MA (US);
Brig B. Elliot, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G01C 19/68 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A quantum cryptographic key distribution (QKD) endpoint () includes a QKD receiver and a feedback system (). The QKD receiver receives symbols transmitted over a QKD path. The feedback system () controls a length of the QKD path based on the received symbols.