Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
16 pending office actions • 1 client • 14 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
QUANTINUUM & ALSTON & BIRD LLP has managed 23874 career applications, demonstrating a high volume of historical prosecution experience across various technical fields. Within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, the firm currently maintains 7 pending office actions. This relatively small number of active matters suggests a stable ongoing workload compared to its large historical footprint, potentially indicating a highly selective filing strategy.
The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.61, which reflects its consistent success in securing patent grants across its extensive history. On average, the firm navigates 3.84 office actions per allowance. This average of 3.84 office actions per allowance provides a critical benchmark for practitioners to estimate the expected duration and complexity of prosecution cycles when working with this firm. The 83.61 resolved allowance rate pct serves as a primary indicator of the firm's effectiveness in overcoming examiner rejections to reach a final grant.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (31%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 3 | 79.4% | +22.8% |
| JONES, JENNIFER ANN | 1 | 67.6% | +22.4% |
| STARK, JARRETT J | 1 | 70.5% | +11.5% |
| IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | 1 | 86.6% | +9.6% |
| PASKO, NICHOLAS R | 1 | 64.7% | +27.7% |
| LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | 1 | 77.4% | +1.1% |
| MCINTOSH, ANDREW T | 1 | 77.4% | +18.2% |
| MCCORMACK, JASON L | 1 | 84.6% | +8.1% |
| GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 79.6% | +25.0% |
| SANKS, SCHYLER S | 1 | 72.8% | +16.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778447 | ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | — |
| 18391967 | FLEX ION TRAP INTERCONNECT | MCCORMACK, JASON L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18468892 | CONDITIONAL OPERATIONS IN QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS USING BROADCASTED CONTROL VOLTAGE SIGNALS | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 10d overdue |
| 18946375 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR METASURFACE DESIGN | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | — |
| 18753040 | OPTICAL BENCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPTICAL PROPERTY-CONTROLLED BEAMS TO ARRAY OF TARGET LOCATIONS | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | — |
| 18605129 | LASER PHASE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | — |
| 18527998 | HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18475479 | OPTICS-INTEGRATED CONFINEMENT APPARATUS SYSTEM | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| 18454523 | QUANTUM SYSTEM COMPRISING METASURFACES COMPRISING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| 18451939 | CHIP INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL | RODDEN, JOSHUA E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18946375 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR METASURFACE DESIGN | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | — |
| 18888903 | INTEGRATION AND CO-PACKAGING OF CONFINEMENT APPARATUS AND APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ASIC) SUBSYSTEM | STARK, JARRETT J | — |
| 18753040 | OPTICAL BENCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPTICAL PROPERTY-CONTROLLED BEAMS TO ARRAY OF TARGET LOCATIONS | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | — |
| 18738398 | TEMPORARILY CHANGING THE QUANTIZATION FIELD OF AN ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| 18404144 | QUANTUM COMPUTER PHASE TRACKING AND CORRECTION | MCINTOSH, ANDREW T | — |
| 18527998 | HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18521501 | CYCLIC STORAGE AREAS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING | SANKS, SCHYLER S | — |
| 18475479 | OPTICS-INTEGRATED CONFINEMENT APPARATUS SYSTEM | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Quantinuum LLC | 16 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 5 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| 2129 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18946375 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR METASURFACE DESIGN | Quantinuum LLC | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| 18888903 | INTEGRATION AND CO-PACKAGING OF CONFINEMENT APPARATUS AND APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ASIC) SUBSYSTEM | Quantinuum LLC | STARK, JARRETT J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| 18778447 | ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS | Quantinuum LLC | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18753040 | OPTICAL BENCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPTICAL PROPERTY-CONTROLLED BEAMS TO ARRAY OF TARGET LOCATIONS | Quantinuum LLC | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18738398 | TEMPORARILY CHANGING THE QUANTIZATION FIELD OF AN ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS | Quantinuum LLC | STOFFA, WYATT A | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 | |
| 18605129 | LASER PHASE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Quantinuum LLC | LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 | |
| 18404144 | QUANTUM COMPUTER PHASE TRACKING AND CORRECTION | Quantinuum LLC | MCINTOSH, ANDREW T | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 | |
| 18391967 | FLEX ION TRAP INTERCONNECT | Quantinuum LLC | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18527998 | HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS | Quantinuum LLC | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18521501 | CYCLIC STORAGE AREAS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING | Quantinuum LLC | SANKS, SCHYLER S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| 18475479 | OPTICS-INTEGRATED CONFINEMENT APPARATUS SYSTEM | Quantinuum LLC | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18468892 | CONDITIONAL OPERATIONS IN QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS USING BROADCASTED CONTROL VOLTAGE SIGNALS | Quantinuum LLC | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18456872 | LOW LOSS SILICON NITRIDE AND WAVEGUIDES COMPRISING LOW LOSS SILICON NITRIDE | Quantinuum LLC | FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18454523 | QUANTUM SYSTEM COMPRISING METASURFACES COMPRISING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL | Quantinuum LLC | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18451939 | CHIP INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL | Quantinuum LLC | RODDEN, JOSHUA E | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 | |
| 18339693 | Machine-Learning Based Quantum Noise Decoder | Quantinuum LLC | KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE | 2129 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
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