Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Forge Ip, Pllc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Forge IP, PLLC focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The firm has handled 430 career applications and currently has 7 pending office actions. This boutique firm offers specialized services in the biotech field.

The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 91.11 percent. This is accomplished with an average of 3.19 office actions per allowance. These results demonstrate a high level of effectiveness in securing patent protection for life sciences clients.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=430 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.1%
Allowance Rate
n=430
+0.70σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=430
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=338
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=338
834 days
Time to Allowance
n=338
+3.3pp
Interview Lift
n=430
25.1%
RCE Rate
n=430
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=430

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.9%
§101 Overcome
n=27
83.1%
§102 Overcome
n=130
84.6%
§103 Overcome
n=233
84.2%
§112 Overcome
n=184

Specialization & Scale

A61K, B01D, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=430
2
Practitioners
n=430
215.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=430

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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 (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
56% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE 2 57.1% +28.1%
ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 1 49.6% +7.2%
ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1 30.0% +53.1%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +30.0%
YU, HONG 1 30.9% +5.6%
AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K 1 71.0% +26.9%
HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1 56.2% +23.6%
LEE, BYUNG RO 1 75.8% +14.5%

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
18267008 Apparatus For Controlling Water Consumption In Bathrooms LEE, BYUNG RO 34d
18686557 Multi-Layered Dextrose Tablets ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE —
18270377 Additive Manufacturing Method And Additive Manufacturing Machine Implementing The Method AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K —
18272643 Super Nozzle Injection Fermentor HENKEL, DANIELLE B —

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
18612007 Carrier Systems For Cannabinoids YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 12d
18267008 Apparatus For Controlling Water Consumption In Bathrooms LEE, BYUNG RO 34d
19046728 Oral Powder Mixture With Small Sized Particles PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE —
18894764 Mouthwash For Oral Care Benefits PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE —
18686557 Multi-Layered Dextrose Tablets ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE —
18270377 Additive Manufacturing Method And Additive Manufacturing Machine Implementing The Method AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K —
18272643 Super Nozzle Injection Fermentor HENKEL, DANIELLE B —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36221
16161
16181
16141
17431
17991
28581

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19046728 Oral Powder Mixture With Small Sized Particles Fertin Pharma A/S PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
18894764 Mouthwash For Oral Care Benefits Fertin Pharma Avs PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18825312 Reward System For Micro Influencers In A Social Media Marketing Campaign Spaco LLC ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18686557 Multi-Layered Dextrose Tablets Fertin Pharma A/S ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18612007 Carrier Systems For Cannabinoids Fertin Pharma A/S YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18612256 Cannabinoid Self-Emulsifying Systems Fertin Pharma A/S YU, HONG 1614 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18270377 Additive Manufacturing Method And Additive Manufacturing Machine Implementing The Method Lines Manufacturing S.A.S AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K 1743 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2024
18272643 Super Nozzle Injection Fermentor Unibio Tech Science A/S HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2023
18267008 Apparatus For Controlling Water Consumption In Bathrooms Aguardio Aps LEE, BYUNG RO 2858 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 13, 2023

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