From March 2014.
The Company has filed new IP portfolio protection documents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office (USPTO) and in other key jurisdictions to support strategic applications in POET-based quantum computing.
Mr. Copetti added, “In this latest round of patent applications, the Company has filed patent protection for IP that, in the medium-to-long-term, supports theoretical quantum computing applications, such as the fabrication of quantum dot-based spin qubits and the devices needed to read and write them on the same die. With POET integrated opto-electronics, we are already ahead of the curve, and we want to stay that way.”
(Mr. Grizzley, possibly we are now in that "medium-to-long-term "period?)
Poet certainly wished to make somewhat of a clear message in the May 18, 2016 PR when they typed "QUANTUM LEAP" all in caps.)