Last updated: August 17, 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

12.6%

§101 Eligibility

19.8%

§102 Novelty

57.0%

§103 Obviousness

6.2%

§112 Clarity

App #	Title	Status	Assignee
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.
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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