Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Agfa N.V. has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This small number of examiners and art units suggests a focused prosecution effort within the semiconductor field. This concentration may allow for more consistent arguments across the 3 pending office actions.
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that two-thirds of the 3 pending office actions are under the review of a single examiner, while the remaining action is handled by a second individual. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company's 3 pending office actions are being reviewed in closely related technical divisions. Managing 3 pending office actions across 2 art units requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency. The outcome of the 2 pending office actions under VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO will be a major factor in the company's current success.
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 (67%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
| MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 1 | 88.0% | +2.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111573 | A Printing Method with a Liquid Droplet Generator | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19111573 | A Printing Method with a Liquid Droplet Generator | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 2853 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18836401 | Free Radical Curable Inkjet Inks and Inkjet Printing Methods | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18697772 | Free Radical Curable Inkjet Inks | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAgfa N.V. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Alejandro Valencia has the most, with 2 of Agfa N.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
