Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
39 pending office actions • 22 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hill Rom Services Inc. manages a company patent portfolio with 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 pending office action is situated in 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner.
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. This count of 1 pending office action is the highest number assigned to any examiner within the portfolio. The assignment of cases shows how the patent office distributes the company's filings among its staff.
Practitioners should address the requirements of the 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution of this matter depends on the specific standards of the assigned art unit and the perspective of the 1 distinct examiner. Each application requires a focused approach to navigate the legal and technical hurdles presented during the examination process. This ensures that every filing is evaluated based on the technical merits of the disclosed invention. This specific attention helps in managing the requirements of the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 4 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (26%) |
| §103 only | 11 (28%) |
| §102 only | 2 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (28%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 2 | 10.9% | +12.2% |
| GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | 2 | 71.4% | +41.3% |
| PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 1 | 10.0% | +15.0% |
| REEVES, MICHELLE MADAYAG | 1 | 95.0% | -3.6% |
| STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 1 | 55.2% | +21.0% |
| HEIN, DEVIN C | 1 | 46.0% | +29.7% |
| HARE, DAVID R | 1 | 67.7% | +32.3% |
| AKHTER, SHARMIN | 1 | 70.5% | +28.5% |
| LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 1 | 77.0% | +15.6% |
| KANAAN, MAROUN P | 1 | 62.7% | +31.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17557603 | CONTACTLESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC IMAGE IMPROVEMENT | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 187d overdue |
| 18349375 | MONITORING, PREDICTING, AND TREATING CLINICAL EPISODES | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 52d overdue |
| 18816106 | HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT BASED ON COMPOSITE HEALTHCARE SCORES | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 8d |
| 17018859 | PERSONALIZED VITAL SIGN MONITORS | HUH, VYNN V | 9d |
| 17962145 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CAREGIVER BURNOUT RISK | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 13d |
| 18046607 | SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 15d |
| 18885032 | POST OPERATIVE INFECTION AND PRESSURE INJURY PREDICTOR | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 23d |
| 17895545 | PATIENT MOBILITY CLASSIFICATION | KREMER, MATTHEW | 30d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18144973 | PATIENT SUPPORT WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE WIRELESS CHARGING | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | 8d |
| 19387711 | REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS FOR PATIENT BEDS | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | — |
| 19304650 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PATIENT DOCUMENTATION IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY USING VOICE INPUTS | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | — |
| 19298612 | BED EXIT PREDICTION BASED ON PATIENT BEHAVIOR PATTERNS | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | — |
| 19271229 | OXYGEN TANK SUPPORTS FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | — |
| 19268294 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT BASED ON SENSED INPUTS | HEIN, DEVIN C | — |
| 19222593 | REMOTE CARE MANAGEMENT | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | — |
| 19198337 | PREVIEW FUNCTION FOR CONTINUOUS LATERAL ROTATION THERAPY | HARE, DAVID R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 5 |
| 3685 | 4 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3684 | 3 |
| 3681 | 2 |
| 3687 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2931 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19387711 | REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS FOR PATIENT BEDS | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19304650 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PATIENT DOCUMENTATION IN A HEALTHCARE FACILITY USING VOICE INPUTS | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 3685 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 30018911 | MATTRESS | REEVES, MICHELLE MADAYAG | 2931 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19298612 | BED EXIT PREDICTION BASED ON PATIENT BEHAVIOR PATTERNS | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19271229 | OXYGEN TANK SUPPORTS FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19268294 | PATIENT MANAGEMENT BASED ON SENSED INPUTS | HEIN, DEVIN C | 3686 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19222593 | REMOTE CARE MANAGEMENT | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19198337 | PREVIEW FUNCTION FOR CONTINUOUS LATERAL ROTATION THERAPY | HARE, DAVID R | 3673 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19084862 | WIRELESS CONFIGURATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF A WALL UNIT THAT PAIRS WITH A MEDICAL DEVICE | AKHTER, SHARMIN | 2689 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19023491 | PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021572 | SYSTEM FOR EMR VITALS CHARTING | KANAAN, MAROUN P | 3687 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19019894 | BED/ROOM/PATIENT ASSOCIATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | THROOP, MYLES A | 3679 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19012212 | OUT OF ROOM BED STATUS LIGHT MODULE | GARCIA, CARLOS E | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19008273 | MATTRESS FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 3673 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18987943 | PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING CONTACT FREE PATIENT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 3791 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18925919 | METHOD OF THREE-MODE PATIENT CHAIR EXIT SENSING | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18910898 | SAFETY EVENT SURVEILLANCE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION | ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 3687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18885032 | POST OPERATIVE INFECTION AND PRESSURE INJURY PREDICTOR | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18884303 | LOCATION BASED ADAPTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE BEHAVIOR | GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE | 3681 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18882132 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND ASSESSING A WOUND | KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18816106 | HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT BASED ON COMPOSITE HEALTHCARE SCORES | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 3685 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18798966 | NOTIFICATIONS BASED ON PATIENT AND CAREGIVER PROXIMITY | SHERWIN, RYAN W | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18771359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TURN-BASED COMMUNICATIONS | WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18672672 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO REMOTELY MONITOR SUBJECT POSITIONING | YANG, JIANXUN | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18658533 | CAREGIVER WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT | CHOI, DAVID | 3684 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18592830 | USER INTERFACE FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED PATIENT THERAPY DEVICE | MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18490992 | SEPSIS RISK ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18349375 | MONITORING, PREDICTING, AND TREATING CLINICAL EPISODES | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18333624 | PATIENT BED HAVING HEAD-OF-BED ANGLE INDICATOR AND MOBILE PHONE HOLDER | BAILEY, AMANDA LEE | 3673 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18144973 | PATIENT SUPPORT WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE WIRELESS CHARGING | GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18300146 | TASK ASSIGNMENT IN CLINICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT | WEBB III, JAMES L | 3624 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18173963 | MONITOR TO DETECT A PATIENT'S SLEEP STATE AND MOVEMENT | JANG, ELINA SOHYUN | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18082037 | VOICE ENABLED WEARABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR USE IN CARE SETTINGS | PATEL, HARESH N | 2496 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 18046607 | SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR HEALTHCARE COMMUNICATIONS | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17962145 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CAREGIVER BURNOUT RISK | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 3624 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17895545 | PATIENT MOBILITY CLASSIFICATION | KREMER, MATTHEW | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Aug 25, 2022 |
| 17578318 | DASHBOARDS FOR CLINICAL WORKFLOW AND PATIENT HANDOFF ASSISTANCE | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 3684 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2022 |
| 17557603 | CONTACTLESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC IMAGE IMPROVEMENT | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 3791 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 187d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2021 |
| 17018859 | PERSONALIZED VITAL SIGN MONITORS | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Sep 11, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialHill-Rom Services Inc. has 39 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 22 art units and 37 examiners.
Scott D Gartland has the most, with 2 of Hill-Rom Services Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
