Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Forsgren Fisher Mccalmont Demarea Tysver LLP

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

Quality Metrics (n=857 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.0%
Allowance Rate
n=857
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=857
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=516
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=516
1008 days
Time to Allowance
n=516
+10.4pp
Interview Lift
n=857
19.2%
RCE Rate
n=857
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=857

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.8%
§101 Overcome
n=125
75.8%
§102 Overcome
n=190
78.8%
§103 Overcome
n=400
79.6%
§112 Overcome
n=221

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
32%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=857
0
Practitioners
n=857
Apps / Practitioner
n=857 (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.

2
Hard (29%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
§112 only1 (14%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

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% -6.3%
KIM, KEVIN Y 1 78.2% +15.8%
GABLER, PHILIP F 1 73.2% +24.0%
TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL 1 88.5% +7.0%
KEELING, ALEXANDER W 1 56.4% +37.7%
ZEROUAL, OMAR 1 33.7% +39.9%
KARTHOLY, REJI P 1 63.5% +70.9%

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 (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18455760 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AN EMPATHETIC PROFILE OF A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL AND A USER ZEROUAL, OMAR 28d overdue
18773904 Gaming Table Device and Method for Use and Supervision of Game Play KIM, KEVIN Y

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
18455760 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AN EMPATHETIC PROFILE OF A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL AND A USER ZEROUAL, OMAR 28d 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
18479387 Integrally Combined Current Carrier Circulation Chamber and Frame for Use in Unipolar Electrochemical Devices KEELING, ALEXANDER W
18313366 User Interfaces Using Graphical Units KARTHOLY, REJI P

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37151
36361
17951
36281
21431

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
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 §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
18479387 Integrally Combined Current Carrier Circulation Chamber and Frame for Use in Unipolar Electrochemical Devices Key Dh Ip Inc./Ip Strategiques Dh, Inc. KEELING, ALEXANDER W 1795 Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18455760 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AN EMPATHETIC PROFILE OF A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL AND A USER Arbor Memorial Inc. ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18313366 User Interfaces Using Graphical Units Pulse-Iq, Inc. KARTHOLY, REJI P 2143 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2023

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