Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Agfa N.V.

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (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
3
Semiconductors
60% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2 43.0% +6.3%
HURLEY, SHAUN R 1 77.4% +17.7%
FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 1 79.0% +14.4%
WHITELEY, JESSICA 1 88.6% +7.2%

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
18253238 Acylphosphine Oxide Photoinitiators and Applications Thereof WHITELEY, JESSICA

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18871929 Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology HURLEY, SHAUN R
18828173 Manufacturing Methods of Printed Corrugated Cardboard FIDLER, SHELBY LEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 3
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18871929 Decorating a Hide by Inkjet Technology HURLEY, SHAUN R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18828173 Manufacturing Methods of Printed Corrugated Cardboard FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 2853 DP 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
18697772 Free Radical Curable Inkjet Inks VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18253238 Acylphosphine Oxide Photoinitiators and Applications Thereof WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023

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