Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Novartis AG

59 pending office actions • 27 art units • 49 examiners • 1 of 59 (2%) have an AI response strategy ready • 70 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

59
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 58 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

37
Overdue
3
Due this week
9
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 58 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (37)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (1)

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%)
33
Medium (56%)
6
Easy (10%)
20
Unknown (34%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only28 (47%)
§102 only5 (8%)
§112 only6 (10%)
No statute on record20 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

56
Life Sciences
95% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
5% 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.

590 h
Manual time on pending OAs
118 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
206 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 2 47.4% +62.5%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 2 55.1% +30.1%
HUYNH, PHUONG N 2 65.7% +53.3%
HOWARD, ZACHARY C 2 63.9% +38.2%
NATARAJAN, MEERA 2 62.2% +16.8%
KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 2 62.8% +51.3%
DONOHUE, SEAN R 2 41.5% +21.7%
WANG, CHANG YU 2 33.6% +53.0%
BERHANE, SELAM 2 61.3% +55.5%
DEBERRY, REGINA M 2 49.8% +30.7%

Interview Candidates (20)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17609261 ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF TIDM AND INSULITIS BERHANE, SELAM 127d overdue
17753850 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING GRPR ANTAGONISTS AND THEIR KITS MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 85d overdue
16761513 METHOD OF TREATING HIDRADENTITIS SUPPURATIVA WITH IL-17 ANTAGONISTS DEBERRY, REGINA M 78d overdue
17997299 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELING PSMA BINDING LIGANDS AND THEIR KITS DONOHUE, SEAN R 71d overdue
17997295 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING PSMA BINDING LIGANDS AND THEIR KITS DONOHUE, SEAN R 70d overdue
17753635 Management of conditions other than multiple sclerosis in ofatumumab-treated patients WANG, CHANG YU 60d overdue
18251913 ANTIBODY Fc VARIANTS HOWARD, ZACHARY C 37d overdue
17995820 OFATUMUMAB FOR TREATING MS WHILE MAINTAINING SERUM IgG WANG, CHANG YU 35d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1618 8
1643 6
1674 6
1675 4
1627 3
1628 3
3683 2
1641 2
1624 2
1691 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19326445 USE OF LABELED INHIBITORS OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA), AS AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2025
19240908 METHOD OF TREATING PROSTATE CANCER PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2025
19234864 STABLE, CONCENTRATED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Jun 11, 2025
19176436 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF RIBOCICLIB YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 11, 2025
18977210 Ribociclib Tablet FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 Other Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18667421 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENTIATING ASTHMA FROM COPD GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18629314 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE PROTEIN DEGRADATION HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18694271 A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND DETERMINING A COMPLEXITY LEVEL OF A CLINICAL TRIAL STUDY WEBB, JESSICA MARIE 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18426461 Novel Heteroaryl Aminopropanol Derivatives HABTE, KAHSAY 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18561444 FORMULATIONS OF 3-((3-(4-(2-(ISOBUTYLSULFONYL)PHENOXY)-3-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-1,2,4-OXADIAZOL-5-YL)METHYL)-5,5-DIMETHYL-1-(2-MORPHOLINOETHYL)IMIDAZOLIDINE-2,4-DIONE RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18510836 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF LEWIS, PATRICK T 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18558766 IPTACOPAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Other Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18558415 ALPELISIB FORMULATION JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18557772 HYPERSIALYLATING CELLS BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18554778 2-((4-((S)-2-(4-CHLORO-2-FLUOROPHENYL)-2-METHYLBENZO[D][1,3]DIOXOL-4-YL)PIPERIDIN-1-YL)METHYL)-1-(((S)-OXETAN-2-YL)METHYL)-1H-IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AS ACTIVATORS OF THE GLP1 RECEPTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 Other Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18286030 OFATUMUMAB FOR TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN ASIAN PATIENTS CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18551739 "Cyclopenta[c]pyrrol Negative Allosteric Modulators of NR2B" SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551699 NOVEL CYCLOPENTA[C]PYRROL NEGATIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF NR2B RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §112 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551033 NEW PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 5-{5-CHLORO-2-[(3S)-3-[(MORPHOLIN-4-YL)METHYL]-3,4-DIHYDROISOQUINOLINE-2(1H)- CARBONYL]PHENYL}-1,2-DIMETHYL-1H-PYRROLE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND ITS APPLICATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 18, 2023
17997137 CCR7 ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES FOR TREATING CANCER SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1643 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18363207 NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME INHIBITORS HEES, OLIVER DRAGON 1628 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18261523 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18253903 EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY FOR ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending May 22, 2023
18251913 ANTIBODY Fc VARIANTS HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 Other Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18035472 ANTI-CD19 AGENT AND B CELL TARGETING AGENT COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING B CELL MALIGNANCIES NATARAJAN, MEERA 1643 Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18306958 MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES TARGETING IL-13 AND IL-18 O'BRIEN, LEA S 1646 Other Non-Final OA 36d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18187242 USE OF CANAKINUMAB HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18178886 SPECIFIC SITES FOR MODIFYING ANTIBODIES TO MAKE IMMUNOCONJUGATES HUYNH, PHUONG N 1641 Other Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18019467 TREATMENT OF CLL KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18019469 TREATMENT OF B CELL MALIGNANCIES KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18006894 HETEROARYL SUBSTITUTED 3-(1-OXOISOINDOLIN-2-YL)PIPERIDINE-2,6-DIONE DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH 1629 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18005364 MAVOGLURANT, A MGLUR5 ANTAGONIST, FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT IN THE REDUCTION OF OPIOID USE HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18002572 ORAL LIQUID FORMULATIONS OF RUXOLITINIB CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
18061824 COMBINATION THERAPIES CANELLA, KAREN A 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 05, 2022
18061221 METHODS OF TREATING ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS WU, JULIE ZHEN QIN 1643 Other Non-Final OA 49d Pending Dec 02, 2022
17998391 THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS COMPRISING A CRAF INHIBITOR MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17997482 ENGINEERED IMMUNOGLOBULINS NATARAJAN, MEERA 1643 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 28, 2022
17997295 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING PSMA BINDING LIGANDS AND THEIR KITS DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17997299 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELING PSMA BINDING LIGANDS AND THEIR KITS DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17938846 METHODS OF TREATING NEW-ONSET PLAQUE TYPE PSORIASIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS FORD, VANESSA L 1674 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17995820 OFATUMUMAB FOR TREATING MS WHILE MAINTAINING SERUM IgG WANG, CHANG YU 1675 Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17760298 THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS COMPRISING A RAF INHIBITOR FOR USE IN TREATING BRAF MUTANT NSCLC ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17786347 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES HILL, KEVIN KAI 1638 §112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17771353 CRIZANLIZUMAB CONTAINING ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS BERHANE, SELAM 1675 Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2022
17754059 RADIOLABELLED GRPR-ANTAGONIST FOR USE AS THERAGNOSTIC YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17753850 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING GRPR ANTAGONISTS AND THEIR KITS MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17753635 Management of conditions other than multiple sclerosis in ofatumumab-treated patients WANG, CHANG YU 1675 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17640293 THERAPEUTIC FUSION PROTEINS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 Other Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
17639862 TREATMENT OF LIVER DISEASE OR DISORDER COMPRISING ACTRII RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2022
17629286 REGULATABLE EXPRESSION SYSTEMS LEVIN, JOEL D 1633 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 21, 2022
17620987 DOSING REGIMEN AND COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES TARGETING B-CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021
17613889 METHOD FOR NAVIGATING MEDICAL DATA LAM, ELIZA ANNE 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021
17609261 ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF TIDM AND INSULITIS BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2021
17433812 MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL DELIVERY EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2021
17421747 LTA4H INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA 1611 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2021
17309403 AAV VIRAL VECTORS AND USES THEREOF RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue AI Ready May 25, 2021
17292881 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NLRP ACTIVITY SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 1621 Other Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending May 11, 2021
17161929 CHO CELL EXPRESSED HET IL-15 CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2021
16761513 METHOD OF TREATING HIDRADENTITIS SUPPURATIVA WITH IL-17 ANTAGONISTS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending May 05, 2020

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