Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (33%)
§101 + other1 (33%)
§103 only1 (33%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOICH, SARA KATHERINE 1 50.0% +46.3%
LOUIS, LATOYA M 1 52.3% +40.5%
CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 1 31.3% +30.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18413410 HIGH FREQUENCY CHEST WALL OSCILLATION THERAPY APPARATUS HAVING VARYING BASELINE PRESSURE TOICH, SARA KATHERINE
18168654 IMAGE BASED LUNG AUSCULTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18413410 HIGH FREQUENCY CHEST WALL OSCILLATION THERAPY APPARATUS HAVING VARYING BASELINE PRESSURE TOICH, SARA KATHERINE
18194736 HOSE HAVING A MAGNETIC CONNECTOR LOUIS, LATOYA M
18168654 IMAGE BASED LUNG AUSCULTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3785 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18413410 HIGH FREQUENCY CHEST WALL OSCILLATION THERAPY APPARATUS HAVING VARYING BASELINE PRESSURE TOICH, SARA KATHERINE §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18194736 HOSE HAVING A MAGNETIC CONNECTOR LOUIS, LATOYA M 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2023
18168654 IMAGE BASED LUNG AUSCULTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 14, 2023

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