Examiner Brannon W Smith has allowed 90 of 213 decided applications (42%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Brannon W Smith maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security) spanning two art units. Across 213 disposed applications, 90 were allowed and 123 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 42%. This rate reflects the ratio of allowed to all decided applications in the examiner's pooled record. The 42% figure represents the examiner's historical disposal pattern across both art units combined and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application.
This pooled record aggregates the examiner's work across two art units in TC 2100. The 42% allowance rate describes past disposals—allowed applications as a percentage of all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned)—and reflects the examiner's historical output across different subject areas within the technology center. Aggregate statistics describe patterns in a completed body of work and are not predictions about the outcome of any specific application or prosecution.
These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →
Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 100 decided applications with an interview and 96 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brannon W Smith has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 213 applications.
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