Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nortiva Bio Inc.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nortiva Bio Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. Those matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio does not depend on a single examination assignment.

PEEBLES, KATHERINE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can therefore organize prosecution by matter and examiner, while tracking the separate art-unit contexts individually.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1 35.6% +48.0%
SONG, INJA 1 66.5% +47.7%
SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1 57.0% +20.4%

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
18637281 GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS FOR GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS SONG, INJA —

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
18731125 MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS PEEBLES, KATHERINE —
18637281 GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS FOR GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS SONG, INJA —
18289331 GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE AND NALOXONE SCHMITT, MICHAEL J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1617 1
3783 1
1629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18731125 MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18637281 GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS FOR GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS SONG, INJA 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18289331 GASTRIC RESIDENCE SYSTEMS COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE AND NALOXONE SCHMITT, MICHAEL J 1629 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nortiva Bio Inc. have?

Nortiva Bio Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nortiva Bio Inc. applications?

Katherine Peebles has the most, with 1 of Nortiva Bio Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Nortiva Bio Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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