Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Alibaba Damo (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 1 of 10 (10%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (20%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only3 (30%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
30% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
3
Semiconductors
30% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
30% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TANG, KENNETH 1 88.5% +19.5%
SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 1 82.8% +6.2%
LEY, SALLY THI 1 20.9% +22.1%
SANKS, SCHYLER S 1 72.7% +15.9%
TAT, BINH C 1 87.3% +14.2%
MEMULA, SURESH 1 87.7% -0.3%
NAH, JONGBONG 1 76.3% +16.3%
NGUYEN, NHA T 1 87.1% +18.4%
HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL 1 68.4% +10.4%
SAXENA, AKASH 1 48.9% +30.9%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18394657 GRAPHICS PROCESSOR AND OPERATION METHOD OF GRAPHICS PROCESSOR TANG, KENNETH
18499308 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A LAYOUT OF A JOSEPHSON JUNCTION ARRAY TAT, BINH C
18351864 QUANTUM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MEMULA, SURESH
18347177 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR LAYOUT GENERATION NGUYEN, NHA T

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18523028 METHOD FOR DETERMINING DECOHERENCE MODEL OF QUBIT AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J
18516115 Method for Determining Fidelity of Qubit Gate in Quantum Processor, and Storage Medium LEY, SALLY THI
18516031 Method for Determining Fidelity of Qubit Gate in Quantum Chip, and Storage Medium SANKS, SCHYLER S

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18045632 QUBIT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM SAXENA, AKASH 4d overdue
18221388 ONLINE META LEARNING FOR META-CONTROLLED SR IN IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION NAH, JONGBONG 23d
18394657 GRAPHICS PROCESSOR AND OPERATION METHOD OF GRAPHICS PROCESSOR TANG, KENNETH
18516115 Method for Determining Fidelity of Qubit Gate in Quantum Processor, and Storage Medium LEY, SALLY THI
18516031 Method for Determining Fidelity of Qubit Gate in Quantum Chip, and Storage Medium SANKS, SCHYLER S
18499308 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A LAYOUT OF A JOSEPHSON JUNCTION ARRAY TAT, BINH C
18347177 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR LAYOUT GENERATION NGUYEN, NHA T
17993832 FIRECOMMENDATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED PRIVACY-PRESERVING LEARNING HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2851 2
2197 1
2857 1
2674 1
2124 1
2188 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18394657 GRAPHICS PROCESSOR AND OPERATION METHOD OF GRAPHICS PROCESSOR TANG, KENNETH 2197 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18523028 METHOD FOR DETERMINING DECOHERENCE MODEL OF QUBIT AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 2857 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18516115 Method for Determining Fidelity of Qubit Gate in Quantum Processor, and Storage Medium LEY, SALLY THI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516031 Method for Determining Fidelity of Qubit Gate in Quantum Chip, and Storage Medium SANKS, SCHYLER S §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18499308 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A LAYOUT OF A JOSEPHSON JUNCTION ARRAY TAT, BINH C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
18351864 QUANTUM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MEMULA, SURESH 2851 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18221388 ONLINE META LEARNING FOR META-CONTROLLED SR IN IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION NAH, JONGBONG 2674 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18347177 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR LAYOUT GENERATION NGUYEN, NHA T 2851 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
17993832 FIRECOMMENDATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED PRIVACY-PRESERVING LEARNING HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL 2124 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 23, 2022
18045632 QUBIT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM SAXENA, AKASH 2188 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue AI Ready Oct 11, 2022

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