Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Quantinuum & Alston & Bird LLP

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=23719 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.6%
Allowance Rate
n=23719
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=23719
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=15773
+0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=15773
1165 days
Time to Allowance
n=15773
+8.3pp
Interview Lift
n=23719
32.2%
RCE Rate
n=23719
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=23719

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3398
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=6564
80.6%
§103 Overcome
n=10645
84.0%
§112 Overcome
n=6778

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=23719
78
Practitioners
n=23719
304.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=23719

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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 (36%)
5
Medium (45%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (45%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
36% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
5
Business / Other
45% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHIEN, LUCY P 1 83.1% +5.7%
IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE 1 86.6% +9.6%
MCCORMACK, JASON L 1 84.6% +7.9%
WEILAND, HANS R. 1 55.6% +13.0%
BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 1 82.6% +18.9%
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.5% +23.1%
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% +51.2%

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
18406500 ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS STOFFA, WYATT A
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.
18605140 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING REAL PROJECTIVE PLANE TOPOLOGY DEFINED STABILIZERS BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON
18406500 ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS STOFFA, WYATT A
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

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Quantinuum LLC 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28813
28711
37631
21291

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18779760 RESONATOR-BASED ACTIVE PHOTONICS WITH REDUCED FOOTPRINT Quantinuum LLC 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 Quantinuum LLC IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18774087 DETERMINING SPECIES ORDER OF A CONFINED MULTI-SPECIES OBJECT CRYSTAL Quantinuum LLC MCCORMACK, JASON L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18754787 PHONON RAPID ADIABATIC PASSAGE Quantinuum LLC WEILAND, HANS R. 3763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18605140 QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION USING REAL PROJECTIVE PLANE TOPOLOGY DEFINED STABILIZERS Quantinuum LLC BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18406500 ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Quantinuum LLC STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18527998 HYBRID ARCHITECTURE FOR QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS Quantinuum LLC GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 2881 §103 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
18468892 CONDITIONAL OPERATIONS IN QUANTUM OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS USING BROADCASTED CONTROL VOLTAGE SIGNALS Quantinuum LLC OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 18, 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

Managing Quantinuum & Alston & Bird LLP's Patent Prosecution?

IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month