Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHARPLESS, SAMUEL

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2165 2166

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.5%
Allow Rate
+25.5% vs TC avg
152
Total Applications
+30.8%
Interview Lift
1207
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 123 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.9%
§102 Novelty
52.2%
§103 Obviousness
7.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18307404 Steering for Unstructured Media Stations Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19210943 STANDING QUERY TO REACTIVE DATABASE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18316912 QUERY TRANSLATION FOR DATABASES STORING SEMANTIC DATA Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18058359 LEARNED WORKLOAD SYNTHESIS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17980442 DISTRIBUTING MANAGEMENT OF DATA MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED DIRECTORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18666756 QUERY PERFORMANCE USING DATABASE MONITORING Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18598874 Systems and Methods for Query Cancellation Non-Final OA Uber Technologies, Inc.
18457568 GENERATING A DECISION TREE MODEL DURING QUERY EXECUTION VIA A RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Ocient Holdings LLC
18308876 Acceleration Of Data Transmission Between Producers And Consumers Of A Distributed-Clustered Application Non-Final OA NetApp, Inc.
18180069 Edge-Device Processing of Distributed Database Queries Non-Final OA Strong Force VCN Portfolio 2019, LLC
19008269 SCHEMA-STATE-BASED DATA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA TigerEye Labs Inc.
18621619 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AND CORRECTING DATABASE QUERIES USING LANGUAGE MODELS Final Rejection VIANAI SYSTEMS, INC.
18006965 Seamless NFS Server Pod Addition Final Rejection Rakuten Symphony, Inc.
18252320 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING WITH THE SPECIFICATION OF A CONTEXT-ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR OF A SYSTEM BY AN END USER Final Rejection HOCHSCHULE DÜSSELDORF

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