Listed by the USPTO as SHARPLESS, SAMUEL
Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2165 2166
This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases
SHARPLESS, SAMUEL is assigned to tech center 2100 and art unit 2165. The profile contains 146 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 80.8%, and a median of 1084 days to allowance. The reported interview lift is 29.3%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance results.
The leading companies are Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Apple Inc., and International Business Machines Corporation. The listed firms are Dority & Manning, P.A. and Uber Technologies, Inc., and Newport IP, LLC. Counsel can use the profile to set initial timing expectations and evaluate whether an interview would efficiently address claim interpretation, written-description concerns, or distinctions over the cited record.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18307404 | Steering for Unstructured Media Stations | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18667376 | ADAPTIVE BACKTRACKING DEPTH LIMIT FOR NON-DETERMINISTIC FINITE AUTOMATON IMPLEMENTATIONS | Non-Final OA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 18667056 | FALL-THROUGH SLOTS FOR DETERMINISTIC FINITE AUTOMATONS IN A REGULAR EXPRESSION ACCELERATOR | Non-Final OA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 18316912 | QUERY TRANSLATION FOR DATABASES STORING SEMANTIC DATA | Non-Final OA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
| 18336237 | DYNAMIC COMPUTER LOG STORAGE | Non-Final OA | International Business Machines Corporation |
| 18598874 | Systems and Methods for Query Cancellation | Final Rejection | Uber Technologies, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy80.8% of resolved applications examined by Samuel Sharpless were allowed (146 resolved cases), compared with 69.0% across Art Unit 2165 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +29.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Samuel Sharpless took 1,084 days on average from filing to allowance.
Samuel Sharpless examines applications in Art Unit 2165 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).
