Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Agfa N.V.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

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
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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
HURLEY, SHAUN R 1 77.5% +17.7%
BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 1 50.1% +45.2%
FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 1 79.1% +14.3%
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 1 42.7% +6.0%
LEE, DORIS L 1 58.7% +8.8%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18871929 Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology HURLEY, SHAUN R —

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
18871929 Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology HURLEY, SHAUN R —
18865750 Manufacturing a Decorated Leather Article BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY —
18828173 Manufacturing Methods of Printed Corrugated Cardboard FIDLER, SHELBY LEE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 2
3732 1
1764 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18871929 Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology HURLEY, SHAUN R — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18865750 Manufacturing a Decorated Leather Article BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 3732 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18828173 Manufacturing Methods of Printed Corrugated Cardboard FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 2853 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18836401 Free Radical Curable Inkjet Inks and Inkjet Printing Methods VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18011594 Aqueous Polymer Particle Dispersion LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 20, 2022

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