Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Hunt Ip Law

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hunt IP Law specializes in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm has managed 233 career applications, demonstrating a focused portfolio in this specialized sector. Its resolved allowance rate pct of 67.42 indicates the frequency of successful outcomes for its clients across its resolved cases. This rate reflects the firm's engagement with the rigorous examination standards typical of biotechnology patents.

The firm currently has 6 pending office actions, representing its active engagement with the patent office. On average, the firm reaches an allowance after 2.7 avg office actions per allowance. This metric reflects the typical intensity of the prosecution cycle required to move an application to issuance. The 67.42 resolved allowance rate pct and 2.7 avg office actions per allowance characterize the firm's performance in navigating the specific challenges of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals field for its 233 career applications. These metrics offer insight into the firm's historical success and efficiency.

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

Quality Metrics (n=233 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

67.4%
Allowance Rate
n=233
-0.13σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=233
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=89
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=89
682 days
Time to Allowance
n=89
+2.2pp
Interview Lift
n=233
11.4%
RCE Rate
n=233
3.0%
Appeal Rate
n=233

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

34.8%
§101 Overcome
n=23
42.6%
§102 Overcome
n=47
32.6%
§103 Overcome
n=49
61.8%
§112 Overcome
n=110

Specialization & Scale

A01H, A61K, A23L
Top CPC Subclasses
46%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=233
0
Practitioners
n=233
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=233 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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 (33%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BORI, IBRAHIM D 1 43.8% +38.9%
FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1 82.4% +14.2%
BYRNES, DAVID R 1 78.1% +22.2%
KRUSE, DAVID H 1 81.3% +9.6%
LEE, SIN J 1 68.8% +25.1%
SASAN, ARADHANA 1 64.5% +26.2%

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
18734722 HEMP SEED PRODUCTS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING SAME FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L —

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
18000918 HEMP SPROUT PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME SASAN, ARADHANA 126d overdue
18409352 CANNABIS PLANT NAMED 'CK2015' KRUSE, DAVID H 66d overdue

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
18000918 HEMP SPROUT PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME SASAN, ARADHANA 126d overdue
18750843 HIGH POTENCY EMULSIONS BORI, IBRAHIM D 9d overdue
18734722 HEMP SEED PRODUCTS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING SAME FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L —
18409264 CANNABIS PLANT NAMED 'BF2014' BYRNES, DAVID R —
18490538 TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS LEE, SIN J —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16291
16521
16621
16631
16131
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18750843 HIGH POTENCY EMULSIONS Vertosa Inc. BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 — Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18734722 HEMP SEED PRODUCTS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING SAME VICTORY FOODS, PBC FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18409264 CANNABIS PLANT NAMED 'BF2014' Cbiotix, LLC BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 10, 2024
18409352 CANNABIS PLANT NAMED 'CK2015' Cbiotix, LLC KRUSE, DAVID H 1663 §103§112 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18490538 TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS Greenspace Labs, Inc. LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2023
18000918 HEMP SPROUT PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME Credo Science, LLC SASAN, ARADHANA 1615 §103§112 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022

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