Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Agfa-Gevaert NV

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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 (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KEELING, ALEXANDER W 2 56.4% +37.7%
RUMMEL, IAN A 1 56.5% +18.3%
LIN, ERICA S Y 1 85.9% +2.6%
ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1 46.2% +22.1%
BARBER, KIMBERLY 1 73.4% +18.0%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1 50.0% +33.6%

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
18714619 A Printing Method for Time Temperature Indicators LIN, ERICA S Y

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
18576447 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis KEELING, ALEXANDER W
18284749 NIR ABSORBING CAPSULES ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18996135 A Curable Inkjet Composition for the Manufacturing of Printed Circuit Boards RUMMEL, IAN A
18576450 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis KEELING, ALEXANDER W
18576447 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis KEELING, ALEXANDER W
18284749 NIR ABSORBING CAPSULES ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM
18368373 POLY(AMINO ACID) BASED CAPSULES BARBER, KIMBERLY
17624628 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis SYLVESTER, KEVIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1785 1
2853 1
1618 1
1615 1
1794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18996135 A Curable Inkjet Composition for the Manufacturing of Printed Circuit Boards RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2025
18714619 A Printing Method for Time Temperature Indicators LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18576450 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis KEELING, ALEXANDER W §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18576447 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis KEELING, ALEXANDER W §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18284749 NIR ABSORBING CAPSULES ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18368373 POLY(AMINO ACID) BASED CAPSULES BARBER, KIMBERLY 1615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
17624628 A Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2022

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