Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul (Ufrgs) has a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, TERRELL HOWARD MATTHEWS, and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific technical focus for the company's current pending application. The alignment of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 1 distinct art unit suggests a highly specialized filing strategy.
TERRELL HOWARD MATTHEWS is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the 1 pending office action currently active. With only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's prosecution activity is highly concentrated. This allows for a singular focus on the feedback and requirements of the 1 distinct examiner involved. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner means that all current patent office feedback for the company originates from a single source.
The portfolio's current activity is limited to this 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests a specialized technical classification. The company's immediate prosecution goals are tied to the active office action under the review of 1 distinct examiner. This structure provides a direct and uncomplicated path for addressing patent office feedback within its primary 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANGHERA, JAS A | 1 | 94.6% | +4.9% |
| BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 1 | 73.7% | +42.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052659 | SET OF INDUCTOR COILS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF DEFORMATION IN PAVEMENT STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | SANGHERA, JAS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973311 | TRACTION SYSTEM FOR MOVING A ROBOT AND ITS UMBILICAL CABLE INSIDE PIPELINES IMPLEMENTED IN A ROBOTIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELASTIC CYLINDER WITH HELICAL PROJECTIONS FOR THE TRACTION SYSTEM | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2852 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052659 | SET OF INDUCTOR COILS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF DEFORMATION IN PAVEMENT STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | SANGHERA, JAS A | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18973311 | TRACTION SYSTEM FOR MOVING A ROBOT AND ITS UMBILICAL CABLE INSIDE PIPELINES IMPLEMENTED IN A ROBOTIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELASTIC CYLINDER WITH HELICAL PROJECTIONS FOR THE TRACTION SYSTEM | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL - UFRGS has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jas A Sanghera has the most, with 1 of UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL - UFRGS's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
