Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3797

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dean Nawaab Edun serves in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3797. He has managed 51 resolved cases, which have an allowance rate of 52.9%. This 52.9% rate indicates that about half of the applications reach allowance. This balanced rate suggests that while the examiner is thorough, there is a clear path to success for well-supported patent applications.

The interview lift for this examiner is 57.4%. This 57.4% lift is exceptionally high, suggesting that interviews are an extremely powerful tool for moving an application toward allowance. The median days to allowance is 1284. This 1284-day duration reflects the typical time spent in prosecution before a patent is granted in Art Unit 3797.

For the 51 resolved cases, the 57.4% interview lift is the most significant metric for practitioners to note. It implies that personal engagement can overcome many hurdles in Tech Center 3700. When combined with the 52.9% allowance rate and the 1284 median days to allowance, the data points toward a strategy that prioritizes interviews to navigate the three-year prosecution timeline effectively.

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

Performance Statistics

52.9%
Allow Rate
-17.1% vs TC avg
89
Total Applications
+57.4%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 51 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
47.7%
§103 Obviousness
24.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18978600 INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING CATHETER Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18168455 INTEGRATED STEERABLE SHEATH ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18260030 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A TARGET LOCATION USING INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
17420933 INCREASED FLEXIBILITY SUBSTRATE FOR INTRALUMINAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING ASSEMBLY Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
16933283 GEOMETRIC BIOPSY PLAN OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
19070517 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18804468 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING A MEDICAL OBJECT ACCORDING TO A TARGET POSITIONING Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
19018566 ULTRASOUND IMAGING CATHETER WITH RECOIL COMPENSATION Non-Final OA Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
19381766 Apparatus, Method, and System for Medical Imaging and Characterization of Tissue Structure Non-Final OA University of Rochester
17866030 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MEASURING CARDIOGENIC AIRWAY MODULATION USING OPTICAL SENSING Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
17852952 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAVITY IMAGING IN PATIENT ORGAN BASED ON POSITION OF 4D ULTRASOUND CATHETER Non-Final OA BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
18274435 Methods for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
17536630 SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM AND APPARATUS FOR NEAR INFRARED OPTICAL NEURAL ACCESS WITH HIGH SPATIOTEMPORAL RESOLUTION FOR BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACES Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

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