Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Origin Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co. Ltd. is managing 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is currently handling one case. The portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating a variety of technical sub-sectors within the semiconductor field. This distribution across 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated by several specialized groups.
The busiest examiner, ANNIS, PETER THOMAS, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 4 distinct examiners for the 4 pending office actions, the company must manage four separate examiner relationships. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the prosecution strategy must be adapted to different administrative standards across the portfolio. Practitioners should analyze the specific tendencies of the 4 distinct examiners to navigate the pending workload effectively within these 3 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNIS, PETER THOMAS | 1 | — | — |
| HOANG, MICHAEL H | 1 | 54.8% | +23.1% |
| VU, VU A | 1 | 92.4% | +6.6% |
| STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18504593 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CROSSTALK OF QUANTUM BITS, QUANTUM CONTROL SYSTEM, AND QUANTUM COMPUTER | VU, VU A | 10d overdue |
| 18420679 | QUANTUM CONTROL SYSTEM AND QUANTUM COMPUTER | ANNIS, PETER THOMAS | — |
| 18488931 | QUANTUM DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18525027 | Quantum Measurement and Control System and Quantum Computer | HOANG, MICHAEL H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18420679 | QUANTUM CONTROL SYSTEM AND QUANTUM COMPUTER | ANNIS, PETER THOMAS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18525027 | Quantum Measurement and Control System and Quantum Computer | HOANG, MICHAEL H | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18504593 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CROSSTALK OF QUANTUM BITS, QUANTUM CONTROL SYSTEM, AND QUANTUM COMPUTER | VU, VU A | 2897 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18488931 | QUANTUM DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
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