Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Quantinuum LLC

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (33%)
6
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (50%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
42% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
5
Business / Other
42% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCORMACK, JASON L 2 84.6% +7.9%
CHIEN, LUCY P 1 83.0% +5.3%
IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE 1 86.6% +9.6%
WEILAND, HANS R. 1 55.6% +13.0%
PASKO, NICHOLAS R 1 64.8% +27.3%
BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 1 82.6% +18.9%
GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 79.4% +24.9%
SANKS, SCHYLER S 1 72.7% +15.9%
OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 1 73.3% +16.2%
RODDEN, JOSHUA E 1 58.6% +51.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18778447 ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE
18605140 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING REAL PROJECTIVE PLANE TOPOLOGY DEFINED STABILIZERS BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18779760 RESONATOR-BASED ACTIVE PHOTONICS WITH REDUCED FOOTPRINT CHIEN, LUCY P
18774087 DETERMINING SPECIES ORDER OF A CONFINED MULTI-SPECIES OBJECT CRYSTAL MCCORMACK, JASON L
18391967 FLEX ION TRAP INTERCONNECT MCCORMACK, JASON L
18451939 CHIP INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL RODDEN, JOSHUA E

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18468892 CONDITIONAL OPERATIONS IN QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS USING BROADCASTED CONTROL VOLTAGE SIGNALS OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 10d overdue
18754787 PHONON RAPID ADIABATIC PASSAGE WEILAND, HANS R.
18753040 OPTICAL BENCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPTICAL PROPERTY-CONTROLLED BEAMS TO ARRAY OF TARGET LOCATIONS PASKO, NICHOLAS R
18605140 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING REAL PROJECTIVE PLANE TOPOLOGY DEFINED STABILIZERS BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON
18527998 HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J
18521501 CYCLIC STORAGE AREAS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING SANKS, SCHYLER S
18451939 CHIP INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL RODDEN, JOSHUA E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2881 3
2871 1
3763 1
2872 1
2129 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18779760 RESONATOR-BASED ACTIVE PHOTONICS WITH REDUCED FOOTPRINT CHIEN, LUCY P 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18778447 ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18774087 DETERMINING SPECIES ORDER OF A CONFINED MULTI-SPECIES OBJECT CRYSTAL MCCORMACK, JASON L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18754787 PHONON RAPID ADIABATIC PASSAGE WEILAND, HANS R. 3763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18753040 OPTICAL BENCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPTICAL PROPERTY-CONTROLLED BEAMS TO ARRAY OF TARGET LOCATIONS PASKO, NICHOLAS R 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18605140 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING REAL PROJECTIVE PLANE TOPOLOGY DEFINED STABILIZERS BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18391967 FLEX ION TRAP INTERCONNECT MCCORMACK, JASON L 2881 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2023
18527998 HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 2881 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2023
18521501 CYCLIC STORAGE AREAS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING SANKS, SCHYLER S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18468892 CONDITIONAL OPERATIONS IN QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS USING BROADCASTED CONTROL VOLTAGE SIGNALS OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18451939 CHIP INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL RODDEN, JOSHUA E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18339693 Machine-Learning Based Quantum Noise Decoder KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE 2129 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023

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