Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Iqm Finland OY has 9 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Those matters are distributed across 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is spread across multiple examination assignments rather than concentrated in a single technical unit.
KINKEAD, ARNOLD M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because that examiner accounts for only part of the portfolio, counsel may need a coordinated prosecution strategy that preserves consistent claim positions while addressing different examiner and art-unit practices.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINKEAD, ARNOLD M | 1 | 91.3% | +7.8% |
| PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M | 1 | 81.6% | +12.7% |
| COHEN, ZARED ORION | 1 | — | — |
| SMITH, BRIAN M | 1 | 52.5% | +36.9% |
| HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | 1 | 93.9% | +4.1% |
| KHAN, MASUD K | 1 | 87.5% | +6.8% |
| PATERSON, BRIGITTE A | 1 | 76.7% | +22.4% |
| OBERLY, ERIC T | 1 | 74.1% | +14.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18898030 | TUNABLE COUPLER WITH COUPLING EXTENSION | KINKEAD, ARNOLD M | — |
| 18710431 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT, QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR READING OUT STATES OF QUBITS | HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | — |
| 18593238 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT | KHAN, MASUD K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843849 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT | PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M | — |
| 18837702 | ARRANGEMENT FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING | COHEN, ZARED ORION | — |
| 18836930 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING A COUPLING TO A QUBIT | SMITH, BRIAN M | — |
| 18559664 | QUANTUM-STATE READOUT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | PATERSON, BRIGITTE A | — |
| 18559670 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR READING OUT THE STATES OF QUBITS IN A QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM | OBERLY, ERIC T | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843849 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT | PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M | — |
| 18836930 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING A COUPLING TO A QUBIT | SMITH, BRIAN M | — |
| 18559664 | QUANTUM-STATE READOUT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | PATERSON, BRIGITTE A | — |
| 18559670 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR READING OUT THE STATES OF QUBITS IN A QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM | OBERLY, ERIC T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 2 |
| 2159 | 1 |
| 2122 | 1 |
| 2132 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18898030 | TUNABLE COUPLER WITH COUPLING EXTENSION | KINKEAD, ARNOLD M | 2836 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18843849 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT | PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M | 2159 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18837702 | ARRANGEMENT FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING | COHEN, ZARED ORION | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18836930 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING A COUPLING TO A QUBIT | SMITH, BRIAN M | 2122 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18710431 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT, QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR READING OUT STATES OF QUBITS | HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | 2836 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18593238 | QUANTUM PROCESSING UNIT | KHAN, MASUD K | 2132 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18559664 | QUANTUM-STATE READOUT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | PATERSON, BRIGITTE A | 2896 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18559670 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR READING OUT THE STATES OF QUBITS IN A QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM | OBERLY, ERIC T | 2184 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIqm Finland OY has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
Arnold M Kinkead has the most, with 1 of Iqm Finland OY's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
