Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Novartis AG

73 pending office actions • 29 art units • 69 examiners • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 69 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

73
Total Pending OAs
56
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
7
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (7)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.

27
Hard (37%)
34
Medium (47%)
12
Easy (16%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (3%)
§103 only18 (25%)
§102 only4 (5%)
§112 only7 (10%)
Double-patenting only5 (7%)
Double-patenting + other12 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)25 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

62
Life Sciences
85% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
9
Business / Other
12% 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.

730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
146 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
255 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FUBARA, BLESSING M 2 62.1% +34.1%
SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 2 67.9% +55.5%
NATARAJAN, MEERA 2 62.3% +17.6%
DONOHUE, SEAN R 2 41.4% +21.1%
PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1 52.0% +25.9%
MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1 50.0% +60.0%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +29.8%
BARSKY, JARED 1 50.3% +23.1%
ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1 51.4% +40.2%
REILLY, SOPHIA JANE 1 60.6% +49.1%

Hard Cases (27)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17766149 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STING ACTIVITY SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 264d overdue
18015856 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STING ACTIVITY CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 133d overdue
17433812 MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL DELIVERY EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 30d overdue
17620987 DOSING REGIMEN AND COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES TARGETING B-CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN NICKOL, GARY B 15d overdue
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 8d overdue
17997137 CCR7 ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES FOR TREATING CANCER SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 14d
17629286 REGULATABLE EXPRESSION SYSTEMS LEVIN, JOEL D 15d
17997482 ENGINEERED IMMUNOGLOBULINS NATARAJAN, MEERA 21d

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18440783 LABELED INHIBITORS OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA) AS AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 91d overdue
18977210 Ribociclib Tablet FUBARA, BLESSING M 88d 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
19240908 METHOD OF TREATING PROSTATE CANCER PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 32d overdue
18035472 ANTI-CD19 AGENT AND B CELL TARGETING AGENT COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING B CELL MALIGNANCIES NATARAJAN, MEERA 2d overdue
17997482 ENGINEERED IMMUNOGLOBULINS NATARAJAN, MEERA 21d
19176436 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF RIBOCICLIB YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1618 8
1643 8
1674 4
1623 3
1647 3
1627 3
1632 3
1628 3
1675 3
1613 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240908 METHOD OF TREATING PROSTATE CANCER PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2025
19234864 STABLE, CONCENTRATED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103Other Final Rejection 76d Pending Jun 11, 2025
19176436 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF RIBOCICLIB YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 11, 2025
18977210 Ribociclib Tablet FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §103DP Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18851253 COMPLEMENT FACTOR B INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF BARSKY, JARED §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18802089 IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT FORMULATIONS ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18800559 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING THE ACTIVITY OF ERK REILLY, SOPHIA JANE §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18836800 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 HABTE, KAHSAY §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18739657 COMBINATION HUI, SAN MING R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18670859 NAPHTHYRIDINONE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF A DISEASE OR DISORDER PATEL, SAGAR S §112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18628570 USE OF LABELED INHIBITORS OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA), AS AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2024
18628097 METHODS OF TREATING NON-RADIOGRAPHIC AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS USING INTERLEUKIN-17 (IL-17) ANTAGONISTS CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18588259 Ribociclib Tablet FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
18440783 LABELED INHIBITORS OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA) AS AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO 1618 DP Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18423776 TRIAZOLOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424004 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING MUSCLE GROWTH HAMA, JOANNE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18291083 SUBSTITUTED PYRIDONE COMPOUNDS USEFUL TO TREAT ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTIONS LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18391485 METHODS OF TREATING CHRONIC SPONTANEOUS URTICARIA USING LIGELIZUMAB SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18569346 PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION CONTAINING AN ANTI-IgE ANTIBODY LIU, SUE XU 1646 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18562108 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS METCALF, MATTHEW CURRAN 1647 §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
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 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18510836 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF LEWIS, PATRICK T 1691 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18558766 IPTACOPAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 §103DP Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18558729 TREATMENT FOR SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS USING ANTI-BAFFR ANTIBODIES MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18558415 ALPELISIB FORMULATION JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18497296 2-AZASPIRO[3.4]OCTANE DERIVATIVES AS M4 AGONISTS JAVANMARD, SAHAR 1622 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18557772 HYPERSIALYLATING CELLS BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18288345 VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18286030 OFATUMUMAB FOR TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN ASIAN PATIENTS CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18552760 DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF PROSTATE CANCER ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 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
18281732 FATTY ACID-BIFUNCTIONAL DEGRADER CONJUGATES AND THEIR METHODS OF USE HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2023
18550004 HIGH THROUGHOUT SCREENING IN DROPLETS BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2023
17997137 CCR7 ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES FOR TREATING CANCER SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1643 §102§103§112Other 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
18352345 NOVEL FATTY ACIDS AND THEIR USE IN CONJUGATION TO BIOMOLECULES NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18253903 EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY FOR ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending May 22, 2023
18035470 CD19 BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF KAUFMAN, CLAIRE M 1674 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 04, 2023
18035472 ANTI-CD19 AGENT AND B CELL TARGETING AGENT COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING B CELL MALIGNANCIES NATARAJAN, MEERA 1643 §103Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18034326 USE OF AN IL-18 ANTAGONIST FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTION OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS OR A RELATED CONDITION BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 27, 2023
18187242 USE OF CANAKINUMAB HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §102§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18184860 BCMA CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1644 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2023
18002572 ORAL LIQUID FORMULATIONS OF RUXOLITINIB CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
18009568 ZBTB32 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1633 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2022
18061824 COMBINATION THERAPIES CANELLA, KAREN A 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 05, 2022
18061221 METHODS OF TREATING ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS WU, JULIE ZHEN QIN 1643 §101§112Other Non-Final OA 49d Pending Dec 02, 2022
18061227 METHODS OF TREATING PSORIASIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1643 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2022
17997482 ENGINEERED IMMUNOGLOBULINS NATARAJAN, MEERA 1643 §102§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 28, 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
17997295 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING PSMA BINDING LIGANDS AND THEIR KITS DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17973773 VERTEBRATE CELLS AND METHODS FOR RECOMBINANTLY EXPRESSING A POLYPEPTIDE OF INTEREST NGUYEN, QUANG 1631 §112DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2022
17938846 METHODS OF TREATING NEW-ONSET PLAQUE TYPE PSORIASIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §103Other Non-Final OA 32d 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
17813843 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DECREASING TAU EXPRESSION MARVICH, MARIA 1634 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2022
17771353 CRIZANLIZUMAB CONTAINING ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2022
17761902 MLL1 INHIBITORS AND ANTI-CANCER AGENTS LEE, CHIHYI NMN 1628 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2022
17642285 BIFUNCTIONAL DEGRADERS AND THEIR METHODS OF USE BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2022
17753635 Management of conditions other than multiple sclerosis in ofatumumab-treated patients WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17753632 TREATMENT OF RMS BY SWITCHING THERAPY AEDER, SEAN E 1600 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2022
17640293 THERAPEUTIC FUSION PROTEINS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
17629286 REGULATABLE EXPRESSION SYSTEMS LEVIN, JOEL D 1633 §102§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 §102§112Other 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
17612280 ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES HAVING LINKERS COMPRISING HYDROPHILIC GROUPS VAN DRUFF, SYDNEY 1643 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 18, 2021
17433812 MESOPOROUS SILICA PARTICLES COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL DELIVERY EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2021
17432868 COMBINATION THERAPIES OF EGFRVIII CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS AND PD-1 INHIBITORS CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 20, 2021
17057561 Automatic Drug Delivery Device FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2020
16980679 METHODS FOR TREATING OCULAR DISEASES FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2020
18566259 SUBSTITUTED INDOLE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CHONG, YONG SOO 1623 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18015856 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STING ACTIVITY CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 133d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
17766149 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STING ACTIVITY SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA 1621 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 264d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2022
17376829 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STING ACTIVITY SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1623 §102 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2021

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