Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Sana Sahand, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SAHAND, SANA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3700 3783 3791 3792 3796

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Analysis

SAHAND, SANA works in tech center 3700 and art unit 3700. The record contains 351 resolved cases, with a 63.5% allowance rate and a 24.0% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1248 days. The profile suggests a prosecution process where applicants should plan for persistence and use interviews as one part of a broader response strategy.

Medtronic Inc., Abiomed Inc., and Medical AI Co. Ltd. are the leading companies. ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP, Harvest IP Law, LLP, and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP are the leading firms. The interview figure supports direct engagement when technical distinctions or claim construction issues are difficult to resolve through papers alone.

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

Performance Statistics

63.5%
Allow Rate
-6.5% vs TC avg
438
Total Applications
+24.0%
Interview Lift
1248
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 351 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
22.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17994204 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19082541 Surgical Tracker System Utilizing A Digital Display Screen Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18909578 MANAGING PUMP SPEED WHEN POWER CONSTRAINED IN A FULLY IMPLANTED LVAD SYSTEM Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc
18851598 Surgical Accessory Element-Based Setup of a Robotic System Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
17940028 STRESS SCORE CALCULATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18805972 STEP-BASED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL INTRAOPERATIVE CUES Final Rejection Procept BioRobotics Corporation
16910614 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING EXERTIONAL HEAT STROKE WITH A WORN SENSOR Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18252340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AND USING CHRONOTYPES Non-Final OA ResMed Pty Ltd
19180955 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ARRHYTHMIAS Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18837437 PHOTOCOSMETIC DEVICE AND PHOTOCOSMETIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18661911 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEALTH MONITORING DEVICES FOR ACCURATE PROCESSING OF SHARED SIGNALS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18235101 BED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING USER BIOMETRICS DURING SLEEP BASED ON LOAD-CELL SIGNALS Final Rejection SNBR INC.
18939465 INTRAORAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR DETECTING AIR FLOW Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
19072546 ILLNESS DETECTION BASED ON NERVOUS SYSTEM METRICS Non-Final OA Oura Health Oy
19230468 PUMP INCLUDING A COMPRESSIBLE ROTOR HAVING OFFSET ROTOR BLADES Non-Final OA Abiomed Europe GmbH
19125087 SCALING FEATURES FOR IMPROVIED ECG SIGNAL VISUALIZATION Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
19125008 LEAD FIXATION ELEMENT FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
19125050 MEDICAL DEVICE IMPLANTATION BY PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT EVALUATION PREPARATION Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
19101724 ADJUSTABLE ROTATABLE LEAD CONNECTORS Non-Final OA Medtronic, Inc.
19041102 ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL LASER TO A FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE OR AN ARTICULATED ARM Non-Final OA Lumenis, Ltd.
18232789 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECT AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18037248 PASSIVE SAFETY MONITORING WITH EAR-WEARABLE DEVICES Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
19175271 INTRACAVITARY, PHYSIOLOGICAL AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Yale University
19025794 WEARABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (WCD) CAUSING PATIENTS QRS WIDTH TO BE PLOTTED AGAINST THE HEART RATE Non-Final OA West Affum Holdings DAC
18062372 GARMENT PROVIDING A BIASING FORCE ON A TRANSDUCER ARRAY Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18998043 METHOD FOR MEASURING REAL-TIME VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD SUGAR ON BASIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED ON RECORDING MEDIUM IN ORDER TO EXECUTE SAME Non-Final OA MEDICAL AI CO., LTD.
18992669 METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING LONG-TERM HEART RATE VARIABILITY ON BASIS OF SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT SIGNALS Non-Final OA MEDICAL AI CO., LTD.
18259207 CATHETER ROBOT MODULE FOR TRANSLATION AND ROTATION OF A FLEXIBLE ELONGATED MEDICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA ROBOCATH

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Sana Sahand's allowance rate?

63.5% of resolved applications examined by Sana Sahand were allowed (351 resolved cases), compared with 66.1% across Art Unit 3700 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Sana Sahand?

This examiner's interview lift is +24.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Sana Sahand take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Sana Sahand took 1,248 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Sana Sahand work in?

Sana Sahand examines applications in Art Unit 3700 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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