Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Novo Nordisk A/S

18 pending office actions • 12 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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 (6%)
8
Medium (44%)
5
Easy (28%)
4
Unknown (22%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only6 (33%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only5 (28%)
No statute on record4 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
22% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HA, JULIE 2 75.6% +44.4%
DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1 55.8% +69.0%
NAJARIAN, LENA 1 38.5% +39.6%
HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1 66.0% +54.3%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.3% +41.2%
SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 62.5% +37.6%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.6% +2.6%
DHAR, MATASHA 1 44.7% +50.1%
GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 1 52.9% +52.8%
HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1 63.9% +38.2%

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
18274614 NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF SALCAPROZIC ACID BY AMIDE FORMATION CARR, DEBORAH D 10d overdue

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
19310993 SEMAGLUTIDE FOR USE IN MEDICINE DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 31d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18643038 SOLID COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A GLP-1 AGONIST AND A SALT OF N-(8-(2-HYDROXYBENZOYL)AMINO)CAPRYLIC ACID HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 103d overdue
18577720 TABLET COMPRISING A SALT OF N-(8-(2-HYDROXYBENZOYL)AMINO)CAPRYLIC ACID CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 86d overdue
19310993 SEMAGLUTIDE FOR USE IN MEDICINE DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 31d overdue
18022538 METHOD FOR SCREENING IN VITRO POPULATION OF STEM CELL DERIVED BETA LIKE CELLS AND NOVEL MARKERS THEREOF DHAR, MATASHA 31d overdue
18017041 CO-AGONISTS AT GLP-1 AND GIP RECEPTORS SUITABLE FOR ORAL DELIVERY HA, JULIE 28d overdue
17598010 GLUCOSE SENSITIVE INSULIN DERIVATIVES HA, JULIE 28d overdue
18242868 FACTOR X BINDERS ENHANCING FX ACTIVATION SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 5d overdue
18020386 INGESTIBLE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1654 4
3783 3
1674 2
3687 1
1613 1
1641 1
1691 1
1632 1
1612 1
1657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19310993 SEMAGLUTIDE FOR USE IN MEDICINE DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2025
18730933 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED INSULIN TITRATION NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18643038 SOLID COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A GLP-1 AGONIST AND A SALT OF N-(8-(2-HYDROXYBENZOYL)AMINO)CAPRYLIC ACID HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 Other Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18577720 TABLET COMPRISING A SALT OF N-(8-(2-HYDROXYBENZOYL)AMINO)CAPRYLIC ACID CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 Other Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18242868 FACTOR X BINDERS ENHANCING FX ACTIVATION SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1641 Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18274614 NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF SALCAPROZIC ACID BY AMIDE FORMATION CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18022538 METHOD FOR SCREENING IN VITRO POPULATION OF STEM CELL DERIVED BETA LIKE CELLS AND NOVEL MARKERS THEREOF DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §102 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
18020386 INGESTIBLE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18017041 CO-AGONISTS AT GLP-1 AND GIP RECEPTORS SUITABLE FOR ORAL DELIVERY HA, JULIE 1654 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18015444 METHODS FOR TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17800747 GLP-1 COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2022
17833587 METHODS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS USING CAPRYLIC ACID BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1657 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 06, 2022
17782249 FIXED DOSE INJECTION DEVICE GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA 3783 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17708660 METHODS FOR TREATING IL-6 MEDIATED INFLAMMATION WITHOUT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 30, 2022
17512751 Anti-IL-6 Antibody Formulation BERHANE, SELAM 1675 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021
17598010 GLUCOSE SENSITIVE INSULIN DERIVATIVES HA, JULIE 1654 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17418176 DRUG RESERVOIR FOR SEPARATE STORAGE OF SUBSTANCES DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 24, 2021
17270072 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTAINER BASED MEDICATION DOSE GUIDANCE TO TREAT DIABETES ROSSI, VY BUI 1685 §112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2021

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