Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (40%)
3
Easy (60%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FIGUEROA, JAIME 1 85.5% +12.9%
DUONG, THO V 1 67.0% +17.5%
NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL 1 88.3% +8.5%
GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1 61.4% +47.4%
LAXTON, GARY L 1 86.4% +5.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18689570 SWITCHING CELL FOR POWER CONVERTERS NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL 23d overdue
18270700 POWER INVERTER LAXTON, GARY L 3d overdue
18724943 CARPENTRY TOOL FOR HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATIVE STEREOTOMY USING A COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY ARTIFICIAL VISION CAPABILITIES THAT LOCATES, RECOGNISES AND EXECUTES MACHINING INSTRUCTIONS HAND-DRAWN BY A CARPENTER ON A WORK PIECE, AND OPERATING METHOD FIGUEROA, JAIME 15d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18719184 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER BASED ON THE HILBERT CURVE DUONG, THO V 87d overdue
18556635 Compositions comprising resinous exudate metabolites from plants of the genus Adesmia, used to control and treat infections in plant crops; and methods for controlling infections in plant crops. GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 31d overdue
18724943 CARPENTRY TOOL FOR HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATIVE STEREOTOMY USING A COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY ARTIFICIAL VISION CAPABILITIES THAT LOCATES, RECOGNISES AND EXECUTES MACHINING INSTRUCTIONS HAND-DRAWN BY A CARPENTER ON A WORK PIECE, AND OPERATING METHOD FIGUEROA, JAIME 15d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 2
3656 1
3763 1
1624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18724943 CARPENTRY TOOL FOR HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATIVE STEREOTOMY USING A COLLABORATIVE INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY ARTIFICIAL VISION CAPABILITIES THAT LOCATES, RECOGNISES AND EXECUTES MACHINING INSTRUCTIONS HAND-DRAWN BY A CARPENTER ON A WORK PIECE, AND OPERATING METHOD FIGUEROA, JAIME 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18719184 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER BASED ON THE HILBERT CURVE DUONG, THO V 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18689570 SWITCHING CELL FOR POWER CONVERTERS NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL 2838 §112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18556635 Compositions comprising resinous exudate metabolites from plants of the genus Adesmia, used to control and treat infections in plant crops; and methods for controlling infections in plant crops. GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18270700 POWER INVERTER LAXTON, GARY L 2838 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023

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