Examiner Brian M Smith has allowed 141 of 260 decided applications (54%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Brian M Smith maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit and covers 304 total applications. Of 260 disposed applications, 141 were allowed, yielding an allowance rate of 54%. The remaining 119 disposed applications were abandoned. This allowance rate is computed from decided cases only and does not include pending applications. The record reflects outcomes across the art units in which he has examined.
This pooled record aggregates all art units in which the examiner has worked and reports cumulative statistics. The allowance rate describes the historical ratio of allowances to all decided applications in that aggregate. Pooled figures describe the past record only and are not predictions about any specific application. Individual art-unit data, where available separately, may differ from the pooled rate.
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 neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 171 decided applications with an interview and 89 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Brian M 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: 304 applications.
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