Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SHARPLESS, SAMUEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2165 2166

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+25.3% vs TC avg
158
Total Applications
+28.3%
Interview Lift
1096
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 132 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.6%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19034237 Multistage Reasoning System for Processing a Query for a Video Final Rejection Google LLC
18781732 TRACING SOURCES OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL OUTPUT Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
19104381 PREVENTING HALLUCINATIONS IN LANGUAGE MODELS BY MAPPING TO FACTS AS EXPLANATIONS Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH
18767305 FILE SYSTEM FULL AND INCREMENTAL REPLICATION TO OBJECT STORAGE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18336237 DYNAMIC COMPUTER LOG STORAGE Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation

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