Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Ionq Inc.

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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 (25%)
5
Medium (62%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
62% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, PETER B 1 82.9% +9.3%
TRA, TUYEN Q 1 85.8% +9.0%
STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 1 55.1% +26.5%
LEY, SALLY THI 1 20.9% +22.1%
CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 1 55.6% +28.1%
ALAM, MOHAMMED 1 92.1% +6.2%
LOGIE, MICHAEL J 1 63.7% +9.4%
SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 1 63.3% +28.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18883817 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MICROFABRICATION AND LASER WRITING ALIGNMENT KIM, PETER B
18797290 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ACOUSTO-OPTIC DEVICE BEAM DISPLACEMENT AND ANGLE COMPENSATION TRA, TUYEN Q
18346084 ADIABATIC OPTICAL INTERFACES SECURED USING PHOTO-ACTIVATED LITHOGRAPHY ALAM, MOHAMMED

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
17866198 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LEAKAGE LIGHT SUPPRESSION SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 50d overdue
18435368 MULTI-APERTURE LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW RAMAN SYSTEM STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 4d overdue
18379540 ANNEALING TRAINING OF QUANTUM CIRCUITS ON HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM LEY, SALLY THI

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17866198 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LEAKAGE LIGHT SUPPRESSION SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 50d overdue
18435368 MULTI-APERTURE LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW RAMAN SYSTEM STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 4d overdue
18379540 ANNEALING TRAINING OF QUANTUM CIRCUITS ON HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM LEY, SALLY THI
18478794 MODULAR QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTATION VIA QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 2
2882 1
2484 1
4100 1
2144 1
2851 1
2881 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18883817 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MICROFABRICATION AND LASER WRITING ALIGNMENT KIM, PETER B 2882 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18797290 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ACOUSTO-OPTIC DEVICE BEAM DISPLACEMENT AND ANGLE COMPENSATION TRA, TUYEN Q 2484 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18435368 MULTI-APERTURE LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW RAMAN SYSTEM STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18379540 ANNEALING TRAINING OF QUANTUM CIRCUITS ON HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM LEY, SALLY THI 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18478794 MODULAR QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTATION VIA QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 2144 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18346084 ADIABATIC OPTICAL INTERFACES SECURED USING PHOTO-ACTIVATED LITHOGRAPHY ALAM, MOHAMMED 2851 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18148052 SIDE-BAND COOLING CONFIGURATION FOR TRAPPED IONS LOGIE, MICHAEL J 2881 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 29, 2022
17866198 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR LEAKAGE LIGHT SUPPRESSION SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2022

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