Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Universidad Nacional De Entre Ríos (Uner) currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio suggests a focused approach for the current prosecution cycle, requiring a strategy tailored to a specific technical niche.
The busiest examiner for the company is WESTFALL, SARAH ANN, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual handles the entirety of the pending workload for the organization. Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy is currently centralized under this 1 examiner and 1 art unit, which may impact communication and ties the outcome of the portfolio to the specific tendencies of 1 reviewer. Navigating this single point of contact is a factor for advancing the company's intellectual property interests in this technology area.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | 1 | 5.0% | +25.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710865 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SMALL NERVE FIBER FUNCTION | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710865 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SMALL NERVE FIBER FUNCTION | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18710865 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SMALL NERVE FIBER FUNCTION | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUniversidad Nacional De Entre Ríos (Uner) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sarah Ann Westfall has the most, with 1 of Universidad Nacional De Entre Ríos (Uner)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
