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Last updated: April 19, 2026
Application No. 18/240,422

QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD USING MOBILE ENTANGLE-RESOURCE QUBITS

Non-Final OA §102
Filed
Aug 31, 2023
Examiner
WOOLWINE, SHANE D
Art Unit
2124
Tech Center
2100 — Computer Architecture & Software
Assignee
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
OA Round
1 (Non-Final)
86%
Grant Probability
Favorable
1-2
OA Rounds
2y 11m
To Grant
99%
With Interview

Examiner Intelligence

Grants 86% — above average
86%
Career Allow Rate
324 granted / 375 resolved
+31.4% vs TC avg
Strong +21% interview lift
Without
With
+21.0%
Interview Lift
resolved cases with interview
Typical timeline
2y 11m
Avg Prosecution
10 currently pending
Career history
385
Total Applications
across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101
13.6%
-26.4% vs TC avg
§103
46.3%
+6.3% vs TC avg
§102
17.9%
-22.1% vs TC avg
§112
12.2%
-27.8% vs TC avg
Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 375 resolved cases

Office Action

§102
DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis ( i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status. The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – (a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale , or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. Claim(s) 1-17 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 (a)(1) as being anticipated by Reagor et al., ( US 2022 / 0222567 A1 , hereinafter Reagor ) . Regarding claims 1, 9, and 17, taking claim 9 as exemplary: Reagor shows: “ A quantum computing device, the device comprising: a trap configured to generate communication qubits and store data qubits; ” ( Paragraph [0068]: “ the quantum computing systems 103A, 103B are disparate systems that provide distinct modalities of quantum computation. For example, t he computer system 101 may include both an adiabatic quantum computing system and a gate-based quantum computer system. As another example, the computer system 101 may include a superconducting circuit-based quantum computing system a nd an ion trap-based quantum computer system . In such cases, the computer system 101 may utilize each quantum computing system according to the type of quantum program that is being executed, according to availability or capacity, or based on other considerations. ” And in paragraph [0062] “ control operation of the quantum computing system 103A. The controllers 106A may include classical computing hardware that directly interface with components of the signal hardware 104A. The example controllers 106A may include classical processors, memory, clocks, digital circuitry, analog circuitry, and other types of systems or subsystems. The classical processors may include one or more single- or multi-core microprocessors, digital electronic controllers, special purpose logic circuitry, e.g., an FPGA (field programmable gate array) or an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit), or other types of data processing apparatus. The memory may include any type of volatile or non-volatile memory or another type of computer storage medium. The controllers 106A may also include one or more communication interfaces that allow the controllers 106A to communicate via the local network 109 and possibly other channels. The controllers 106A may include additional or different features and components. ”) “ and a gate teleportation configured to generate a pair of the communication qubits having a quantum entanglement, transport each of the pair of communication qubits to two different cores, ” ( Paragraph [0149]: “a logical qubit state can be teleported from one quantum processing unit in a quantum computing system to another in a remote, distinct quantum computing system .” And in paragraph [0122]: “FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing aspects of an example process 600. The example process 600 can be performed, for example, by a quantum computing network. For example, the example process 600 can be performed by operation of the quantum computing network 500 as shown in FIG. 5, or another type of quantum computing network. In some implementations, the example process 600 can be performed to create quantum entanglement between two qubit devices from two remote quantum computing systems .”) “ respectively, execute an operation between a data qubit positioned at each of the two different cores and each of the pair of the communication qubit transported to each of the two different cores, ” ( Paragraph [0149]: “a logical qubit state can be teleported from one quantum processing unit in a quantum computing system to another in a remote, distinct quantum computing system .” And in paragraph [0122]: “FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing aspects of an example process 600. The example process 600 can be performed, for example, by a quantum computing network. For example, the example process 600 can be performed by operation of the quantum computing network 500 as shown in FIG. 5, or another type of quantum computing network. In some implementations, the example process 600 can be performed to create quantum entanglement between two qubit devices from two remote quantum computing systems .” And in paragraph [0160]: “ As shown in FIG. 10C, the remote Bell pair of entangled states 1042 are generated and transmitted to the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 of the first quantum processor module 1002A and the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 of the second quantum processor module 1002B. Two Hadamard gates 1044 are applied on the local stabilizer measurement qubit devices 1015A-2, 1015B-2. Two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016A-4, 1016A-5 . A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2. Similarly, two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016B-4, 1016B-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2. In some implementation, the lattice merge operation described here allows for obtaining the requisite stabilizer measurement. In some instances, the lattice merge operation can be used to replace the CNOT gates 906 and Z measurements 908 as described in FIG. 9A, for example. ”) “ measure a quantum state of the pair of communication qubit, execute an operation on the data qubit positioned at each of the two different cores based on the measurement result of the quantum state of the pair of communication qubits. ” ( Paragraph [0160]: “ As shown in FIG. 10C, the remote Bell pair of entangled states 1042 are generated and transmitted to the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 of the first quantum processor module 1002A and the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 of the second quantum processor module 1002B. Two Hadamard gates 1044 are applied on the local stabilizer measurement qubit devices 1015A-2, 1015B-2. Two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016A-4, 1016A-5 . A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2. Similarly, two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016B-4, 1016B-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2. In some implementation, the lattice merge operation described here allows for obtaining the requisite stabilizer measurement. In some instances, the lattice merge operation can be used to replace the CNOT gates 906 and Z measurements 908 as described in FIG. 9A, for example. ”) Regarding claims 2 and 10, taking claim 10 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 1 and 9 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the gate teleportation is configured to transport a first communication qubit of the pair of communication qubits at a first core among the two different cores, and transport a second communication qubit of the pair of communication qubits at a second core, which is the other one of the two different cores. ” ( Paragraph [0149]: “a logical qubit state can be teleported from one quantum processing unit in a quantum computing system to another in a remote, distinct quantum computing system .” In paragraph [0122]: “FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing aspects of an example process 600. The example process 600 can be performed, for example, by a quantum computing network . For example, the example process 600 can be performed by operation of the quantum computing network 500 as shown in FIG. 5, or another type of quantum computing network. In some implementations, the example process 600 can be performed to create quantum entanglement between two qubit devices from two remote quantum computing systems .” And in paragraph [0153]: “the quantum processing unit can be a modular quantum processing unit including multiple quantum processor modules. As shown in FIG. 10A, two of the multiple quantum processor modules are shown, e.g., a first quantum processor module 1002A and a second quantum processor module 1002B. The first and second quantum processor module 1002A, 1002B are from two distinct modular quantum processing units of two distinct, remote quantum computing systems .”) Regarding claims 3 and 11, taking claim 11 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 2 and 10 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the gate teleportation is configured to execute an operation between the first data qubit positioned at the first core and the first communication qubit and execute an operation between the second data qubit positioned at the second core and the second communication qubit . ” ( Paragraph [0149]: “a logical qubit state can be teleported from one quantum processing unit in a quantum computing system to another in a remote, distinct quantum computing system .” In paragraph [0122]: “FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing aspects of an example process 600. The example process 600 can be performed, for example, by a quantum computing network. For example, the example process 600 can be performed by operation of the quantum computing network 500 as shown in FIG. 5, or another type of quantum computing network. In some implementations, the example process 600 can be performed to create quantum entanglement between two qubit devices from two remote quantum computing systems.” And in paragraph [0160]: “As shown in FIG. 10C, the remote Bell pair of entangled states 1042 are generated and transmitted to the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 of the first quantum processor module 1002A and the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 of the second quantum processor module 1002B. Two Hadamard gates 1044 are applied on the local stabilizer measurement qubit devices 1015A-2, 1015B-2. Two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016A-4, 1016A-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2. Similarly, two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016B-4, 1016B-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2. In some implementation, the lattice merge operation described here allows for obtaining the requisite stabilizer measurement. In some instances, the lattice merge operation can be used to replace the CNOT gates 906 and Z measurements 908 as described in FIG. 9A, for example.”) Regarding claims 4 and 12, taking claim 12 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 3 and 11 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the gate teleportation is configured to execute a CNOT operation between the first data qubit and the first communication qubit . ” ( Paragraph [0160]: “ As shown in FIG. 10C, the remote Bell pair of entangled states 1042 are generated and transmitted to the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 of the first quantum processor module 1002A and the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 of the second quantum processor module 1002B. Two Hadamard gates 1044 are applied on the local stabilizer measurement qubit devices 1015A-2, 1015B-2. Two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016A-4, 1016A-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2. Similarly, two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016B-4, 1016B-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2. In some implementation, the lattice merge operation described here allows for obtaining the requisite stabilizer measurement. In some instances, the lattice merge operation can be used to replace the CNOT gates 906 and Z measurements 908 as described in FIG. 9A, for example. ”) Regarding claims 5 and 13, taking claim 13 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 3 and 11 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the gate teleportation is configured to execute a CNOT operation between the second data qubit and the second communication qubit and execute a Hadamard operation on the second communication qubit. ” ( Paragraph [0160]: “ As shown in FIG. 10C, the remote Bell pair of entangled states 1042 are generated and transmitted to the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 of the first quantum processor module 1002A and the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 of the second quantum processor module 1002B. Two Hadamard gates 1044 are applied on the local stabilizer measurement qubit devices 1015A-2, 1015B-2. Two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016A-4, 1016A-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2. S imilarly, two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016B-4, 1016B-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2. In some implementation, the lattice merge operation described here allows for obtaining the requisite stabilizer measurement. In some instances, the lattice merge operation can be used to replace the CNOT gates 906 and Z measurements 908 as described in FIG. 9A, for example. ”) Regarding claims 6 and 14, taking claim 14 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 2 and 1 0 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the gate teleportation is configured to execute an operation on the second data qubit positioned at the second core based on a measurement result of a quantum state of the first communication qubit, and execute an operation on the first data qubit positioned at the first core based on a measurement result of a quantum state of the second communication qubit. ” ( Paragraph [0160]: “ As shown in FIG. 10C, the remote Bell pair of entangled states 1042 are generated and transmitted to the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 of the first quantum processor module 1002A and the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 of the second quantum processor module 1002B. Two Hadamard gates 1044 are applied on the local stabilizer measurement qubit devices 1015A-2, 1015B-2. Two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016A-4, 1016A-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015A-2. Similarly, two CNOT gates 1046 are applied between the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2 and two respective data qubit devices 1016B-4, 1016B-5. A X-basis measurement 1048 is performed on the local stabilizer measurement qubit device 1015B-2. In some implementation, the lattice merge operation described here allows for obtaining the requisite stabilizer measurement. In some instances, the lattice merge operation can be used to replace the CNOT gates 906 and Z measurements 908 as described in FIG. 9A, for example. ”) Regarding claims 7 and 15, taking claim 15 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 1 and 9 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the communication qubits are qubits generated to be movable to the two different cores, respectively. ” ( Paragraph [0149]: “a logical qubit state can be teleported from one quantum processing unit in a quantum computing system to another in a remote , distinct quantum computing system.” And in paragraph [0122]: “FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing aspects of an example process 600. The example process 600 can be performed, for example, by a quantum computing network. For example, the example process 600 can be performed by operation of the quantum computing network 500 as shown in FIG. 5, or another type of quantum computing network . In some implementations, the example process 600 can be performed to create quantum entanglement between two qubit devices from two remote quantum computing systems.” In paragraph [0142]: “As shown in FIG. 9A, each of the two raw Bell pairs 904A, 904B includes a pair of entangled microwave states, which are generated with respect to the operations in the example process 600 in FIG. 6 and using the example quantum computing network 500 in FIG. 5 or in another manner. Particularly, a first raw Bell pair 904A is applied on two logical qubits 902-1, 902-2; and a second raw Bell pair 904B is applied on two logical qubits 902-3, 902-4. In some implementations, the logical qubits 902-1 and 902-3 are in one quantum processor module; and the logical qubits 902-2 and 902-4 are in a distinct quantum processor module. In some instances, the logical qubits 902-1, 902-2, 902-3, 902-4 may be defined on different quantum processor modules or in another manner.” In paragraph [0147]: “the logical qubit encoding operation is repeated with a separate patch of data qubit devices (e.g., a separate quantum processor module in a modular quantum processing unit, or a different subset of qubit devices in a quantum processing unit) to produce multiple pairs of remotely entangled logical qubits .”) Regarding claims 8 and 16, taking claim 16 as exemplary: Reagor shows the method and device of claims 1 and 9 as claimed and specified above. And Reagor shows “ wherein the data qubits are qubits positioned within each of the two different cores and the data qubits includes quantum information required for operations. ” ( Paragraph [0149]: “a logical qubit state can be teleported from one quantum processing unit in a quantum computing system to another in a remote , distinct quantum computing system.” And in paragraph [0122]: “FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing aspects of an example process 600. The example process 600 can be performed, for example, by a quantum computing network. For example, the example process 600 can be performed by operation of the quantum computing network 500 as shown in FIG. 5, or another type of quantum computing network . In some implementations, the example process 600 can be performed to create quantum entanglement between two qubit devices from two remote quantum computing systems.” In paragraph [0142]: “As shown in FIG. 9A, each of the two raw Bell pairs 904A, 904B includes a pair of entangled microwave states, which are generated with respect to the operations in the example process 600 in FIG. 6 and using the example quantum computing network 500 in FIG. 5 or in another manner. Particularly, a first raw Bell pair 904A is applied on two logical qubits 902-1, 902-2 ; and a second raw Bell pair 904B is applied on two logical qubits 902-3, 902-4. In some implementations, the logical qubits 902-1 and 902-3 are in one quantum processor module; and the logical qubits 902-2 and 902-4 are in a distinct quantum processor module. In some instances, the logical qubits 902-1, 902-2, 902-3, 902-4 may be defined on different quantum processor modules or in another manner.” In paragraph [0147]: “the logical qubit encoding operation is repeated with a separate patch of data qubit devices (e.g., a separate quantum processor module in a modular quantum processing unit, or a different subset of qubit devices in a quantum processing unit) to produce multiple pairs of remotely entangled logical qubits . ” ) Conclusion The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure: Coady et a., ( US 2021 / 0273792 A1 ), part of the prior art made of record, teaches the use of quantum computing with multiple cores of claims 1, 9, and 17 in paragraph [0021] through the use of maintaining entangled states with a second computing processor and the use of Hadamard gate and a CNOT gate. Griffin et al., (US 2021 / 0034411 A1 ), part of the prior art made of record, also teaches the use of quantum computing with multiple cores of claims 1, 9, and 17 in in paragraph [0021] through the use of maintaining entangled states with a second computing processor and the use of Hadamard gate and a CNOT gate along with teleportation of claims 1, 9, and 17 through he transferring of qubits. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to FILLIN "Examiner name" \* MERGEFORMAT SHANE D WOOLWINE whose telephone number is FILLIN "Phone number" \* MERGEFORMAT (571)272-4138 . The examiner can normally be reached FILLIN "Work Schedule?" \* MERGEFORMAT M-F 9:30-6:00 PM . Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, FILLIN "SPE Name?" \* MERGEFORMAT MIRANDA HUANG can be reached at FILLIN "SPE Phone?" \* MERGEFORMAT (571) 270-7092 . The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. FILLIN "Examiner Stamp" \* MERGEFORMAT SHANE D. WOOLWINE Primary Examiner Art Unit 2124 /SHANE D WOOLWINE/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2124
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