Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Novo Nordisk Inc.

25 pending office actions • 14 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)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.

0
Hard (0%)
13
Medium (52%)
7
Easy (28%)
5
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (44%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only6 (24%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
No statute on record5 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
72% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 2 65.7% +54.8%
BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 2 62.8% +33.2%
HA, JULIE 2 75.6% +44.2%
CHONG, KIMBERLY 1 72.4% +12.6%
NAJARIAN, LENA 1 38.8% +39.1%
CHANDRA, GYAN 1 71.1% +27.6%
ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1 57.1% +59.0%
SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 62.6% +37.0%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.7% +2.6%
MEDWAY, SCOTT J 1 67.1% +23.0%

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

Interview Candidates (12)

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
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
18730933 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED INSULIN TITRATION NAJARIAN, LENA 33d
19460949 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND RECEPTOR (PD-L1) EXPRESSION CHONG, KIMBERLY
18426412 GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS IN DEMENTIA CHANDRA, GYAN
18578485 SODIUM N-(8-(2- HYDROXYBENZOYL)AMINO)CAPRYLATE POLYMORPHIC FORM A ANTHOPOLOS, PETER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1654 6
3783 5
1674 2
1636 1
3687 1
1626 1
1641 1
1691 1
1615 1
1612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19460949 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND RECEPTOR (PD-L1) EXPRESSION CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2026
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
18426412 GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS IN DEMENTIA CHANDRA, GYAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18578485 SODIUM N-(8-(2- HYDROXYBENZOYL)AMINO)CAPRYLATE POLYMORPHIC FORM A ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 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
18271985 A TORSION SPRING DRIVEN FIXED DOSE INJECTION DEVICE MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2023
18252056 COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN TREATMENT OF TACHYKININ RECEPTOR MEDIATED DISORDERS BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2023
18033572 GLP-1, GIP AND GLUCAGON RECEPTOR TRIPLE AGONISTS BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 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
17921996 SOLID COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A GLP-1 AGONIST AND HISTIDINE TRAN, SUSAN T 1615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2022
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
17638483 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A TABLET COMPRISING GLP-1 PEPTIDES HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 25, 2022
17598010 GLUCOSE SENSITIVE INSULIN DERIVATIVES HA, JULIE 1654 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17424537 ROLLER COMPACTOR AND METHOD OF DRY GRANULATION USING A ROLLER COMPACTOR ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 21, 2021
17418176 DRUG RESERVOIR FOR SEPARATE STORAGE OF SUBSTANCES DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 24, 2021
17320436 TABLET FORMULATION COMPRISING A GLP-1 PEPTIDE AND A DELIVERY AGENT KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 Other Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2021
17286639 ZERO-POINT ADJUSTMENT OF PREFILLED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 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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