Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Hospices Civils De Lyon

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OU, JING RUI 1 53.1% +51.9%
JOHNSON, NICOLE F 1 87.5% +7.2%
LYNCH, ROBERT A 1 80.3% +13.3%
SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1 68.7% +29.6%
ADAMS, MICHELLE 1 58.5% +40.7%

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
18567531 FENESTRATED ENDOPROSTHESIS OF THE THORACIC AORTA LYNCH, ROBERT A

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18569425 METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ACTIVATION OF AN ANATOMICAL TISSUE SUBJECTED TO CONTRACTION JOHNSON, NICOLE F 51d overdue
18687443 PROSTHESIS FOR A BYPASS PENDING FUTURE ANASTOMOSIS OU, JING RUI 3d overdue
17918184 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF INCIDENCE OF A CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN A PATIENT SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 34d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18687443 PROSTHESIS FOR A BYPASS PENDING FUTURE ANASTOMOSIS OU, JING RUI 3d overdue
17918184 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF INCIDENCE OF A CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN A PATIENT SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 34d
18567531 FENESTRATED ENDOPROSTHESIS OF THE THORACIC AORTA LYNCH, ROBERT A
17762664 FLUORESCENT PROBE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF ADAMS, MICHELLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 2
3796 1
1672 1
1797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18687443 PROSTHESIS FOR A BYPASS PENDING FUTURE ANASTOMOSIS OU, JING RUI 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18569425 METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ACTIVATION OF AN ANATOMICAL TISSUE SUBJECTED TO CONTRACTION JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 §102§103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18567531 FENESTRATED ENDOPROSTHESIS OF THE THORACIC AORTA LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2023
17918184 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF INCIDENCE OF A CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN A PATIENT SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 02, 2023
17762664 FLUORESCENT PROBE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF ADAMS, MICHELLE 1797 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2022

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