USPTO Examiner SHARPLESS SAMUEL - Art Unit 2165

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18931554ASSOCIATING USER-PROVIDED CONTENT ITEMS TO INTEREST NODESOctober 2024March 2026Allow1610NoNo
18907672Context-Based Dictionaries for Multimedia Audiobook Systems Including Linguistic Dictionary EntriesOctober 2024March 2026Allow1710NoNo
18444336DATABASE REPLICATION FOR REAL-TIME DATA EXTRACTIONFebruary 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18465051COMBINING STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL) QUERIESSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2530YesNo
18301490COMPATIBILITY CHECKER FOR LISTING AUTO FULFILLMENTApril 2023September 2025Allow2930NoNo
18134447METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING RETRIEVAL MODEL, RETRIEVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUMApril 2023August 2025Allow2820NoNo
18295744DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSApril 2023February 2026Allow3440YesNo
18113197SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMING DATA PIPELINESFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3230YesNo
18153495PREDICTING OUTAGE CONDITIONS AND HANDLING ARCHIVINGJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3730YesNo
18069605Refined Search with Machine LearningDecember 2022September 2025Allow3240NoNo
18073123ADAPTIVE AGGREGATION AND COMPRESSION OF METADATADecember 2022September 2025Allow3430YesNo
17823060DYNAMICALLY SUBSTITUTING A MODIFIED QUERY BASED ON PERFORMANCE ANALYSISAugust 2022October 2025Allow3740YesNo
17856339SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE DATABASE HOSTING DATA OF MULTIPLE DATABASE TENANTSJuly 2022September 2025Allow3830YesNo
17806770DYNAMIC FILESYSTEM GENERATION BASED ON CONTENT METADATAJune 2022January 2026Abandon4340NoNo
17734026MATERIALIZED VIEW GENERATION AND PROVISION BASED ON QUERIES HAVING A SEMANTICALLY EQUIVALENT OR CONTAINMENT RELATIONSHIPApril 2022October 2025Allow4240YesNo
17548520CLASSIFYING AND ORGANIZING DIGITAL CONTENT ITEMS AUTOMATICALLY UTILIZING CONTENT ITEM CLASSIFICATION MODELSDecember 2021September 2025Allow4550YesNo
17612197SOUND SIGNAL SEARCH APPARATUS, SOUND SIGNAL SEARCH METHOD, DATA SEARCH APPARATUS, DATA SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2021February 2026Abandon5140NoNo
17364842UNIVERSAL DATA LANGUAGE TRANSLATORJune 2021October 2025Allow5140YesNo
16580637STATEFUL CONTAINER MIGRATIONSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2210YesNo
15955681DATABASE TRANSACTION LOG WRITING AND INTEGRITY CHECKINGApril 2018May 2021Allow3720YesNo
15908596BOT NETWORKSFebruary 2018January 2021Allow3530YesNo
15823275ONTOLOGY REFINEMENT BASED ON QUERY INPUTSNovember 2017June 2020Allow3020YesNo
15822391SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE POINTS OF VIEW FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENTNovember 2017October 2020Allow3540YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner SHARPLESS, SAMUEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHARPLESS, SAMUEL works in Art Unit 2165 and has examined 8 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHARPLESS, SAMUEL's allowance rate of 87.5% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHARPLESS, SAMUEL receive 3.12 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 89% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHARPLESS, SAMUEL is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +100.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHARPLESS, SAMUEL. This interview benefit is in the 100% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 11% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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