Superconductive storage circuits

Claim 1

A SUPERCONDUCTIVE STORAGE DEVICE MAINTAINED AT A SUPERCONDUCTING TEMPERATURE COMPRISING FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH PLANAR SUPERCONDUCTIVE CONDUCTORS LAID DOWN ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AND EXTENDING IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER OVER AT LEAST A PORTION OF THEIR LENGTH, EACH OF SAID CONDUCTORS HAVING A WIDTH APPRECIABLY GREATER THAN ITS THICKNESS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER TO FORM A CLOSED LOOP OF SUPERCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE WIDTH DIMENSION OF SAID CONDUCTORS, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING SAID THIRD AND FOURTH CONDUCTORS TO ESTABLISH A PERSISTENT CURRENT IN SAID LOOP AND TO INTERROGATE THE PERSISTENT CURRENT STATE OF SAID LOOP, AND A SUPERCONDUCTIVE GATE CONDUCTOR POSITIONED THROUGH SAID LOOP FORMED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE FLUX THREADING A PORTION OF SAID LOOP, SAID GATE CONDUCTOR BEING SUPERCONDUCTING WHEN SUCH PERSISTENT CURRENT IS STORED IN SAID LOOP, SAID THIRD AND FOURTH CONDUCTORS BEING EFFECTIVE WHEN ENERGIZED TO INTERROGATE SAID LOOP TO INCREASE THE CURRENT IN SAID LOOP AND THEREBY THE FLUX IN THE PORTION OF SAID LOOP THROUGH WHICH SAID GATE IS POSITIONED SO AS TO CAUSE SAID GATE TO BE DRIVEN FROM A SUPERCONDUCTING TO A NORMAL STATE, SAID LOOP REMAINING ENTIRELY SUPERCONDUCTIVE WHEN SAID THIRD AND FOURTH CONDUCTORS ARE ENERGIZED, RESULTING IN A NON-DESTRUCTIVE INTERROGATION OF SAID LOOP.