{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"July 26, 2026 — Who Owns a Quantum Algorithm?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/de043635\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":910,"description":"This Sunday's think piece asks a question the IBM-HRL headlines skipped: can you actually patent a quantum algorithm? We trace the acquisition's eleven-hundred-patent haul back to the unsettled Alice-era doctrine that governs whether any quantum invention is patentable at all, and walk the sides — reformers, patent attorneys, software-patent skeptics, corporate consolidators, and China-watchers.Linked sources: Guest Post: Patentability of Quantum Computing Inventions — The Quantum InsiderIBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum — IBM NewsroomIBM Acquires HRL Laboratories, Adds Silicon-Spin Qubits — NAND ResearchEarly USPTO decision suggests favorable treatment for quantum computing — Norton Rose FulbrightPatent Eligibility Restoration Act, S.1546 — Congress.govQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}