Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHANG, EDWARD

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3691 3692 3695 3696

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Edward Chang is an examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3691. The examiner has 545 resolved cases. This volume of resolutions provides a basis for analyzing the examiner's prosecution patterns. The data offers a view of how applications are examined within this specific technical unit and the examiner's consistency in decision-making.

The allowance rate is 63.1 percent. This percentage shows the frequency of grants for applications that reach a final resolution with this examiner. The median days to allowance is 1221. This figure indicates the time from filing to the grant of a patent. Practitioners can use this duration to estimate the timeline for their own applications in this art unit and plan their intellectual property strategy accordingly.

The interview lift is 32.2 percent. This metric indicates that an interview is associated with a significant increase in the probability of an allowance. The positive lift suggests that verbal communication is a highly effective method for resolving rejections with this examiner. Applicants might prioritize scheduling an interview to address the examiner's concerns and potentially accelerate the path to a patent grant.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

63.1%
Allow Rate
+11.1% vs TC avg
566
Total Applications
+32.2%
Interview Lift
1221
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 545 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

48.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
25.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18935252 USER INTERFACES FOR STORED-VALUE ACCOUNTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19539686 INJURY ASSISTANCE MODEL Final Rejection Assured Insurance Technologies, Inc.
18100973 MULTIRAIL PAYMENT ACCOUNTS Final Rejection American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18732458 RAPID ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection PayPal, Inc.
18360424 REAL-TIME DIGITAL SIMULATION AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR A DETECTED EVENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
19280682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEATHER-RELATED VEHICLE DAMAGE PREVENTION Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18563828 DATA PROCESSING Final Rejection Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18755183 DARKPOOL MATCHING OF ORDERS WITH PRICE DISCRETION Non-Final OA CFPH, LLC
18419335 PARTS VALUATION AND USE Final Rejection Allstate Insurance Company

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