Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS is actively prosecuting a portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions distributed across 2 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that the university's patent applications are facing simultaneous reviews from different perspectives within the USPTO, requiring a multi-faceted approach to legal strategy.
The workload is spread across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse technical scope within the Chemistry & Materials sector. BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This means that no single examiner holds a majority of the pending workload, as the 2 pending office actions are split equally among the 2 distinct examiners. This structure ensures that the university's patent success is not dependent on a single individual.
For patent practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio covers varied chemical or material innovations that require different specialized reviews. With 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner, the prosecution risk is decentralized. This structure requires the applicant to manage two separate examiner relationships and technical dialogues concurrently. Successfully navigating the 2 pending office actions requires addressing the specific technical feedback provided in each of the 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| LIANG, LEONARD S | 1 | 62.3% | +4.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478281 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND/OR DIAMONDOIDS USING FOURIER TRANSFORM ION CYCLOTRONIC RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY COUPLED WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTOIONIZATION SOURCE | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | — |
| 18476786 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE THERMAL EVOLUTION OF CRUDE OILS FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS BY ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY | LIANG, LEONARD S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1798 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18478281 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND/OR DIAMONDOIDS USING FOURIER TRANSFORM ION CYCLOTRONIC RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY COUPLED WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTOIONIZATION SOURCE | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18476786 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE THERMAL EVOLUTION OF CRUDE OILS FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS BY ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY | LIANG, LEONARD S | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Hena Rakeshkumar Bera has the most, with 1 of UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
