Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Forsgren Fisher Mccalmont Demarea Tysver LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Forsgren Fisher McCalmont DeMarea Tysver LLP specializes in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has a career history of 861 applications. Currently, there are 4 pending office actions being managed.

The firm reports a resolved allowance rate of 79.75 percent. Prosecution requires an average of 3.2 office actions per allowance. These metrics provide a clear picture of the firm's performance in the mechanical and medical device sectors.

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

Quality Metrics (n=861 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.8%
Allowance Rate
n=861
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=861
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=520
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=520
1005 days
Time to Allowance
n=520
+9.9pp
Interview Lift
n=861
19.2%
RCE Rate
n=861
3.5%
Appeal Rate
n=861

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.8%
§101 Overcome
n=125
76.4%
§102 Overcome
n=191
78.9%
§103 Overcome
n=402
79.3%
§112 Overcome
n=222

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
32%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=861
0
Practitioners
n=861
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=861 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
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 (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TEKLE, DANIEL T 1 63.2% -6.0%
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 72.2% +34.8%
KIM, KEVIN Y 1 78.2% +15.9%
GABLER, PHILIP F 1 72.9% +23.4%
TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL 1 88.4% +7.1%
TSUI, WILSON W 1 62.1% +56.6%
PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 1 38.1% +31.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18506374 RESONANT CIRCUIT APPARATUS POWERED BY A SUPERCAPACITOR AND TOROIDAL INDUCTOR TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL —

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
16096997 Machine Learning Algorithm for Identifying Peptides that Contain Features Positively Associated with Natural Endogenous or Exogenous Cellular Processing, Transportation and Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Presentation PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 56d overdue
18715241 Surface Chair GABLER, PHILIP F 18d overdue
18773904 Gaming Table Device and Method for Use and Supervision of Game Play KIM, KEVIN Y —
18499722 Video File Integration and Creation System and Method TSUI, WILSON W —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16096997 Machine Learning Algorithm for Identifying Peptides that Contain Features Positively Associated with Natural Endogenous or Exogenous Cellular Processing, Transportation and Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Presentation PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 56d overdue
18715241 Surface Chair GABLER, PHILIP F 18d overdue
19177897 Devices and Method for Blood Vessel Occlusion TANNER, JOCELIN C —
18773904 Gaming Table Device and Method for Use and Supervision of Game Play KIM, KEVIN Y —
18499722 Video File Integration and Creation System and Method TSUI, WILSON W —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37711
37151
36361
21721
16871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19269299 AI-Based Transformation of Audio/Video Content Readyreport Inc. TEKLE, DANIEL T §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2025
19177897 Devices and Method for Blood Vessel Occlusion Front Line Medical Technologies Inc. TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2025
18773904 Gaming Table Device and Method for Use and Supervision of Game Play Centerfield Nine Corporation KIM, KEVIN Y 3715 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18715241 Surface Chair Ian Maley & Associates Pty Ltd. GABLER, PHILIP F 3636 §102§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18506374 RESONANT CIRCUIT APPARATUS POWERED BY A SUPERCAPACITOR AND TOROIDAL INDUCTOR Resonancex Chile Spa TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2023
18499722 Video File Integration and Creation System and Method Pro Quick Draw LLC TSUI, WILSON W 2172 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2023
16096997 Machine Learning Algorithm for Identifying Peptides that Contain Features Positively Associated with Natural Endogenous or Exogenous Cellular Processing, Transportation and Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Presentation Oncoimmunity AS PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 1687 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2018

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