Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SAHAND, SANA

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

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sana Sahand is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3700, assigned to Art Unit 3700. She has 343 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 63.3% for these 343 cases. This 63.3% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Sana Sahand is 23.7%. This 23.7% lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during prosecution. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential impact of oral advocacy on their specific applications in Art Unit 3700.

The median days to allowance is 1255. This 1255 day period measures the time from the filing of an application to the issuance of a patent. This median provides a data point for estimating the duration of the examination process for matters assigned to this examiner.

Practitioners should consider the 63.3% allowance rate and the 23.7% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 1255 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 3700.

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

Performance Statistics

63.4%
Allow Rate
-6.6% vs TC avg
408
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
1254
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 344 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.3%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17994204 BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18909578 MANAGING PUMP SPEED WHEN POWER CONSTRAINED IN A FULLY IMPLANTED LVAD SYSTEM Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc
18805972 STEP-BASED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL INTRAOPERATIVE CUES Final Rejection Procept BioRobotics Corporation
17940028 STRESS SCORE CALCULATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18837437 PHOTOCOSMETIC DEVICE AND PHOTOCOSMETIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18252340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AND USING CHRONOTYPES Non-Final OA ResMed Pty Ltd
18851598 Surgical Accessory Element-Based Setup of a Robotic System Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
19082541 Surgical Tracker System Utilizing A Digital Display Screen Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18912421 DETECTING MEDICAL DEVICE ACCESSORY READINESS Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18235101 BED SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING USER BIOMETRICS DURING SLEEP BASED ON LOAD-CELL SIGNALS Final Rejection SNBR INC.
18719864 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND VISUALIZING TRAJECTORIES OF ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18661911 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING HEALTH MONITORING DEVICES FOR ACCURATE PROCESSING OF SHARED SIGNALS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19072546 ILLNESS DETECTION BASED ON NERVOUS SYSTEM METRICS Non-Final OA Oura Health Oy
18939465 INTRAORAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR DETECTING AIR FLOW Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18709851 Implantable Therapy System for an Antibradycardia and Antitachycardia Stimulation Final Rejection BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
16910614 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING EXERTIONAL HEAT STROKE WITH A WORN SENSOR Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
19180955 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ARRHYTHMIAS Non-Final OA Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
18621649 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING POSITIONING OF A HEART PUMP Non-Final OA Abiomed, 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.
18232789 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECT AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18601838 PERSONALIZED HEART RATE PREDICTION DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18948025 GUIDEWIRELESS SHOCK WAVE CATHETERS Non-Final OA Shockwave Medical, Inc.
18912734 Wearable Light Therapy Device Final Rejection MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
18037248 PASSIVE SAFETY MONITORING WITH EAR-WEARABLE DEVICES Non-Final OA Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
19184996 Microcurrent-stimulation-therapy apparatus and method Non-Final OA i-Lumen Scientific, Inc.
19120100 MEDICAL ENDODEVICE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT BASEL
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

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