HP awarded key molecular electronics patent.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 July 2001-Hewlett-Packard: HP awarded key molecular electronics patent (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17072001 PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) today announced it has been awarded a key patent that could remove a major obstacle to making molecular-scale computing a reality.

The patent, issued by the U.S. Patent Office earlier this month to HP Labs scientists Phil Kuekes and Stan Williams, proposes a solution to the problem of connecting molecular-scale devices to today's much larger integrated circuits. "We have a strategy to reinvent the integrated circuit with molecular rather than semiconductor components," said HP Fellow Williams, director of quantum science research, HP Labs. "We've received...