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Manufacturing Announcements Can Influence Patentability Challenges: What Quantum Computing Companies Should Know

Quantum Computing ReportOctober 16, 20266 min read

Guest post by Sarah Schlotter and Adam R. Wichman describe how the U.S. Patent Office may treat domestic manufacturing as a factor affecting when it will hear a challenge to the patentability of an issued patent claim. The article goes on to recommend best practices for quantum companies to work with this. The post Manufacturing Announcements Can Influence Patentability Challenges: What Quantum Computing Companies Should Know appeared first on Quantum Computing Report.

By Sarah Schlotter, Ph.D., and Adam R. Wichman, Ph.D. In September 2026, the Commerce Department finalized CHIPS Act R&D awards up to $100 million each to several quantum computing companies—including D-Wave, Rigetti, Quantinuum, and PsiQuantum—to improve their manufacturing capabilities and domestic supply chains. Since March 2026, the U.S. Patent Office has treated domestic manufacturing as a factor affecting whether it will hear a challenge to the patentability of issued patent claims. Consequently, how a company describes funding like the CHIPS Act awards, and its manufacturing plans, can affect a challenge it later brings or defends in a Patent Office proceeding called inter partes…

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