Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Hill-Rom Services Inc.

28 pending office actions • 12 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (6)

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.

16
Hard (57%)
11
Medium (39%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§101 + other10 (36%)
§103 only10 (36%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
79% of docket
3
Business / Other
11% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN 2 55.2% +21.0%
EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 2 79.3% +18.9%
LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 1 77.0% +15.4%
ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 1 35.6% +31.4%
RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN 1 0.0% +0.0%
ROBINSON, KYLE G 1 11.8% +16.7%
SHERWIN, RYAN W 1 66.6% +22.7%
COHEN, YARON 1 69.1% +23.8%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 41.8% +50.4%
YANG, JIANXUN 1 74.7% +18.6%

Hard Cases (17)

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
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
18916028 ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 8d overdue
18816106 HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT BASED ON COMPOSITE HEALTHCARE SCORES ROBINSON, KYLE G 8d
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

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18738138 PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLED BY A RADAR SYSTEM HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 35d overdue
18916028 ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 8d overdue
18816106 HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT BASED ON COMPOSITE HEALTHCARE SCORES ROBINSON, KYLE G 8d
18794052 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING A SERIALIZER/DESERIALIZER AND A COILED CABLE COHEN, YARON 16d
19298612 BED EXIT PREDICTION BASED ON PATIENT BEHAVIOR PATTERNS STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN
19051685 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING VITAL SIGNS AND SEPSIS DISPLAY APPARATUS STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN
19023491 PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS
19008273 MATTRESS FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3673 4
3684 3
3685 3
3791 3
3687 2
3785 2
3624 2
3683 2
2688 1
2626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19298612 BED EXIT PREDICTION BASED ON PATIENT BEHAVIOR PATTERNS STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2025
19051685 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING VITAL SIGNS AND SEPSIS DISPLAY APPARATUS STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2025
19023491 PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
19008273 MATTRESS FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 3673 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18916028 ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 3673 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2024
18910898 SAFETY EVENT SURVEILLANCE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 3687 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18885032 POST OPERATIVE INFECTION AND PRESSURE INJURY PREDICTOR RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 13, 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
18794052 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HAVING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING A SERIALIZER/DESERIALIZER AND A COILED CABLE COHEN, YARON 2626 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18738138 PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT CONTROLLED BY A RADAR SYSTEM HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18672672 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO REMOTELY MONITOR SUBJECT POSITIONING YANG, JIANXUN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18668061 AUTOMATIC PATIENT TO MEDICAL DEVICE ASSOCIATION WILLIAMS, TERESA S 3687 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18658533 CAREGIVER WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT CHOI, DAVID 3684 §101§103 Non-Final OA 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
18587485 SYNTHETIC PATIENT DATA GENERATION BORISSOV, IGOR N 3685 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18349375 MONITORING, PREDICTING, AND TREATING CLINICAL EPISODES NGANGA, BONIFACE N 3797 §102§103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18333624 PATIENT BED HAVING HEAD-OF-BED ANGLE INDICATOR AND MOBILE PHONE HOLDER BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18300146 TASK ASSIGNMENT IN CLINICAL CARE ENVIRONMENT WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 13, 2023
18073205 WIRELESS POWER AND CHARGING OF PATIENT SUPPORT FROM BED GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 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 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 25, 2022
17798418 PERSON SUPPORT SYSTEMS INCLUDING A PERSON SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING AN INTEGRATED BLOWER FOR MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT GONG, KRIS HANYU 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
17812452 DISCHARGE RISK AND MANAGEMENT HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2022
17743440 ENHANCED ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARDS FOR CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS WINSTON III, EDWARD B 3683 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending May 12, 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 Final Rejection 187d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2021

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