Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SHEPPERD, ERIC W

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2453 2456 2492

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.7%

Allow Rate

+19.7% vs TC avg

541

Total Applications

+34.4%

Interview Lift

1156

Avg Prosecution Days

Based on 534 resolved cases, 2023–2026

13.9%

§101 Eligibility

13.3%

§102 Novelty

44.8%

§103 Obviousness

23.0%

§112 Clarity

App #	Title	Status	Assignee
19192261	PROCESSING OF REQUESTS TO CONTROL INFORMATION STORED AT MULTIPLE SERVERS	Non-Final OA	Google LLC
18476038	CONFIGURATION VERIFICATION USING VARIABLE INPUTS AND HASH FUNCTIONS	Final Rejection	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18965417	CONTEXTUALIZED FILTERING OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL CONTENT	Non-Final OA	SAP SE
19018068	Automatically encrypting sensitive data in a distributed microservice framework	Non-Final OA	Ciena Corporation

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