Patents by Inventor Robert James Young
Robert James Young has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11611444Abstract: A physically unclonable function (PUF) device 1 capable of exhibiting a unique quantum mechanical effect as a result of quantum mechanical confinement exhibited by the device 1. The device 1 comprises a group IV semiconductor heterostructure. The group IV semiconductor heterostructure may comprise Silicon/Germanium. The device 1 may comprise a group IV semiconductor resonant tunnelling diode (RTD). A Si-integrated circuit, method, use, and apparatus are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: QUANTUM BASE LIMITEDInventor: Robert James Young
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Patent number: 11562611Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of deriving information from an optically readable security element, comprising: optically reading the optically readable security element, the optically readable security element comprising at least one optically readable structure, optically readable in response to excitation of the optically readable structure; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the optically readable security element using first emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to excitation of the optically readable structure; the deriving information further comprising using the determined data indicative of an optical property, in combination with a temporal excitation-emission relationship related to the optically readable structure, to derive the information.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Quantum Base LimitedInventors: David Ian Howarth, Robert James Young, Nema Mohamed Safwat Ibrahim Abdelazim
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Publication number: 20220318366Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a device for generating a unique response to a challenge, the device comprising: a plurality of structures, each structure being able to change from a first distinct state, to a second distinct state, in response to an appropriate input challenge; the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of the plurality of structures in combination, by changing an input to the plurality of structures in combination, to cause each structure of the plurality of structures to change from the first distinct state, to the second distinct state; as part of the challenge, the device being arranged to facilitate a measurement of an output of the plurality of structures in combination, in response to the input; wherein the unique response is at least indicative of a sequence in which the change in state takes place for each of the plurality of structures, in response to the input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Robert James Young, Ramon Bernardo Gavito
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Patent number: 11347987Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of making an optically readable element, the method comprising: providing one or more optically readable structures in or on a body, a strain being applied to the one or more optically readable structures as a result of an interaction between the body and the one or more optically readable structures; the one or more optically readable structures each having an intrinsic band structure prior to application of the strain, and wherein the applied strain changes that intrinsic band structure; and wherein the interaction is such that the strain is maintained, after the element has been made, without the need for an external influence.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Quantum Base LimitedInventors: Benjamin Robinson, Robert James Young
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Patent number: 11328193Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of deriving information from an optically readable security element, the method comprising: optically reading the optically readable security element, the optically readable security element comprising one or more optically readable structures, optically readable in response to excitation of the one or more optically readable structures, the one or more optically readable structures being arranged to interact with one or more proximal structures of the optically readable security element, the interaction being such that an excitation-emission relationship for the one or more optically readable structures interacting with the one or more proximal structures, is different to an excitation-emission relationship for the one or more optically readable structures and the one or more proximal structures in isolation; the reading comprising: determining data indicative of an optical property of the optically readable security element using firstType: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Quantum Base LimitedInventors: Robert James Young, David Ian Howarth, Nema Mohamed Safwat Ibrahim Abdelazim
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Patent number: 11295003Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a device for generating a unique response to a challenge, the device comprising: a plurality of structures, each structure exhibiting quantum mechanical confinement, and each structure being arranged to provide a unique response when challenged with an electrical measurement, the unique response being linked to the atomic makeup of the structure that defines the quantum mechanical confinement; the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of at least two structures of the plurality in electrical combination to generate the unique response, by facilitating an electrical measurement of an output of the at least two structures of the plurality in electrical combination; the unique response being derivable from the electrical measurement.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: QUANTUM BASE LIMITEDInventors: Ramon Bernardo Gavito, Jonathan David Roberts, Utz Alfred Fritz Roedig, Robert James Young
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Patent number: 11093726Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element, the security element comprising a number of emitters that are each capable of exhibiting a different emission response to excitation of the number of emitters; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using first emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to first excitation of the number of emitters, and determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using second emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to second, different, excitation of the number of emitters; and the unique identifier being determined from a map of a variation in determined data indicative of an optical property with respect to the excitation of the number of emitters.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: QUANTUM BASE LIMITEDInventors: Robert James Young, Utz Alfred Fritz Roedig
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Patent number: 11061647Abstract: A device for generating a nondeterministic response to a challenge, the device comprising: a structure that exhibits a nondeterministic electrical output response to an electrical input, the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of the structure to generate the nondeterministic response, by facilitating an electrical measurement of an output of the structure, the nondeterministic response being derivable from that measurement.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: QUANTUM BASE LIMITEDInventors: Ramon Bernardo Gavito, Robert James Young
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Patent number: 11023723Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element via a configurable optical filter system, a readable optical transmission property of the filter system varying with respect to a configuration of the filter system; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element at a first configuration of the filter system, and determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element at a second, different, configuration of the filter system; and the unique identifier being determined from a map of the variation in determined data indicative of an optical property with respect to the configuration of the filter system, wherein the reading is undertaken for multiple locations across the security element at the or each configuration of the filter system, such that the map is a map of the variation in determineType: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: QUANTUM BASE LIMITEDInventors: Jonathan David Roberts, Robert James Young
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Publication number: 20210103787Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of deriving information from an optically readable security element, the method comprising: optically reading the optically readable security element, the optically readable security element comprising one or more optically readable structures, optically readable in response to excitation of the one or more optically readable structures, the one or more optically readable structures being arranged to interact with one or more proximal structures of the optically readable security element, the interaction being such that an excitation-emission relationship for the one or more optically readable structures interacting with the one or more proximal structures, is different to an excitation-emission relationship for the one or more optically readable structures and the one or more proximal structures in isolation; the reading comprising: determining data indicative of an optical property of the optically readable security element using firstType: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Robert James Young, David Ian Howarth, Nema Mohamed Safwat Ibrahim Abdelazim
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Publication number: 20210104112Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of deriving information from an optically readable security element, comprising: optically reading the optically readable security element, the optically readable security element comprising at least one optically readable structure, optically readable in response to excitation of the optically readable structure; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the optically readable security element using first emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to excitation of the optically readable structure; the deriving information further comprising using the determined data indicative of an optical property, in combination with a temporal excitation-emission relationship related to the optically readable structure, to derive the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: David Ian Howarth, Robert James Young, Nema Mohamed Safwat Ibrahim Abdelazim
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Publication number: 20210049433Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of making an optically readable element, the method comprising: providing one or more optically readable structures in or on a body, a strain being applied to the one or more optically readable structures as a result of an interaction between the body and the one or more optically readable structures; the one or more optically readable structures each having an intrinsic band structure prior to application of the strain, and wherein the applied strain changes that intrinsic band structure; and wherein the interaction is such that the strain is maintained, after the element has been made, without the need for an external influence.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Robert James Young
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Publication number: 20200302136Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element, the security element comprising a number of emitters that are each capable of exhibiting a different emission response to excitation of the number of emitters; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using first emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to first excitation of the number of emitters, and determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element using second emission electromagnetic radiation, emitted in response to second, different, excitation of the number of emitters; and the unique identifier being determined from a map of a variation in determined data indicative of an optical property with respect to the excitation of the number of emitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Robert James Young, Utz Alfred Fritz Roedig
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Publication number: 20200209656Abstract: A single-photon light source (2) comprises a photonic crystal structure the lattice of which extends in at least two dimensions and includes a crystal defect defining an optical waveguide (13) for guiding optical radiation emitted within the photonic crystal. An electric field generator (3) is operable to apply an electric field to the photonic crystal. A light emitter selected from: a quantum dot; a quantum well; a light-emitting diode (LED), is arranged within the photonic crystal for responding to the electric field to acquire an excited state and by decaying from the excited state thereby emitting optical radiation into the photonic crystal for guiding by the optical waveguide. The single-photon light source may be used as part of a quantum key distribution transmitter. An integrated single-photon detector (64) is disclosed as part of a quantum key distribution receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Robert James Young, Yasir Jamal Noori
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Publication number: 20200210697Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element via a configurable optical filter system, a readable optical transmission property of the filter system varying with respect to a configuration of the filter system;the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element at a first configuration of the filter system, and determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element at a second, different, configuration of the filter system; and the unique identifier being determined from a map of the variation in determined data indicative of an optical property with respect to the configuration of the filter system,wherein the reading is undertaken for multiple locations across the security element at the or each configuration of the filter system, such that the map is a map of the variation in determinedType: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Jonathan David Roberts, Robert James Young
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Publication number: 20200186368Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for generating a nondeterministic response to a challenge, the device comprising: a plurality of structures, each structure exhibiting quantum mechanical confinement, and each structure being arranged to provide a unique response when challenged with an electrical measurement, the unique response being linked to the atomic makeup of the structure that defines the quantum mechanical confinement; the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of a structure of the plurality, by facilitating an electrical measurement of an output of the structure; the nondeterministic response being derivable from the electrical measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: Quantum Base LimitedInventors: Jonathan David ROBERTS, Ramon BERNARDO GAVITO, Robert James YOUNG
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Publication number: 20200177399Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device arranged to provide a specific output in response to a specific input, the device comprising: a physical unclonable function, arranged to be challenged with an input and to provide an output in response to that input; the device being arranged to facilitate the detection of a unique output of the physical unclonable function, by a detection arrangement, in response to the specific input; an offset arrangement, configured to receive the unique output, and provide a specific offset to the unique output, in order to provide the specific output of the device in response to the specific input to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Phillip Speed, Utz Alfred Frtiz Roedig, Robert James Young, Daniel David Campbell Prince
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Publication number: 20200169424Abstract: A physically unclonable function (PUF) device 1 capable of exhibiting a unique quantum mechanical effect as a result of quantum mechanical confinement exhibited by the device 1. The device 1 comprises a group IV semiconductor heterostructure. The group IV semiconductor heterostructure may comprise Silicon/Germanium. The device 1 may comprise a group IV semiconductor resonant tunnelling diode (RTD). A Si-integrated circuit, method, use, and apparatus are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventor: Robert James Young
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Publication number: 20190272368Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a device for generating a unique response to a challenge, the device comprising: a plurality of structures, each structure exhibiting quantum mechanical confinement, and each structure being arranged to provide a unique response when challenged with an electrical measurement, the unique response being linked to the atomic makeup of the structure that defines the quantum mechanical confinement; the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of at least two structures of the plurality in electrical combination to generate the unique response, by facilitating an electrical measurement of an output of the at least two structures of the plurality in electrical combination; the unique response being derivable from the electrical measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Ramon Bernardo Gavito, Jonathan David Roberts, Utz Alfred Fritz Roedig, Robert James Young
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Publication number: 20190179616Abstract: A device for generating a nondeterministic response to a challenge, the device comprising: a structure that exhibits a nondeterministic electrical output response to an electrical input, the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of the structure to generate the nondeterministic response, by facilitating an electrical measurement of an output of the structure, the nondeterministic response being derivable from that measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Ramon Bernardo Gavito, Robert James Young