Listed by the USPTO as SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3795
This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases
Christen Alicia Sharpless is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3795. With 115 resolved cases, the examiner maintains an allowance rate of 50.4 percent. This balanced rate suggests that approximately half of the applications in this docket result in a patent grant. For practitioners, this indicates a standard level of difficulty that requires careful attention to the examiner's specific requirements and prior art rejections.
The data highlights a significant interview lift of 27.2 percent. This figure suggests that conducting an interview with the examiner is a highly effective strategy for advancing prosecution and increasing the likelihood of an allowance. The median days to allowance is 1208 days, which provides a clear benchmark for the expected duration of the patent acquisition process in this art unit.
The examiner's docket features prominent companies in the medical technology sector, including Olympus Corporation, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Fujifilm Corporation. These entities, along with top firms like Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC, JCIPRNET, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, frequently navigate the 50.4 percent allowance rate. Utilizing the 27.2 percent interview lift may be particularly beneficial for these high-volume applicants to streamline the 1208 day median pendency.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18482011 | PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18347572 | ENDOSCOPE | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 17638903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF STEREOSCOPY AND COLOR CHANGE MAGNIFICATION TO ENABLE MACHINE LEARNING FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY | Non-Final OA | Covidien LP |
| 18452014 | SCOPE DISTAL END ENCAPSULATION | Non-Final OA | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 17747667 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES, ACCESS SHEATHS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Final Rejection | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18948666 | OPERATION SECTION AND INSERTION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18944806 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP UNIT | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18223935 | ENDOSCOPE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ENDOSCOPE | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18133072 | INSERTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING INSIDE OF SUBJECT | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18976762 | ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING A PORT OF A CHANNEL OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO A CLEANING FLUID SUPPLY | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH |
| 17100025 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTING SYSTEMS | Final Rejection | GYRUS ACMI, INC. D/B/A OLYMPUS SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy50.4% of resolved applications examined by Christen Alicia Sharpless were allowed (115 resolved cases), compared with 61.2% across Art Unit 3795 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +27.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Christen Alicia Sharpless took 1,208 days on average from filing to allowance.
Christen Alicia Sharpless examines applications in Art Unit 3795 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
