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Examiner Garrett A Smith

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 105 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION MAR 2013
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Garrett A Smith has allowed 46 of 105 decided applications (44%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

44% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Garrett A Smith maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 105 disposed applications, the examiner allowed 46 and abandoned 59, yielding an allowance rate of 44% over the decided pool. The record spans a single art unit (2168). This allowance rate describes the examiner's historical dispositions and does not predict outcomes in any specific pending application.

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This profile aggregates the examiner's record across all assigned art units in TC 2100. The 44% allowance rate is a historical average calculated from all decided applications—allowed plus abandoned—and excludes pending filings. Aggregate figures describe past dispositions and are not predictions about any individual application.

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 →

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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.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2168
105 APPS · 44% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

44% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 65%
DISPOSITION46 / 59 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION29.1 moart unit avg 23.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY56.8 moart unit avg 43.5 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility59% · art unit 46%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)82%
§103 — Obviousness53% · art unit 83%
§112 — Written description & definiteness24%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW60%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW29%+31 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 50 decided applications with an interview and 55 without.

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Questions about Examiner Garrett A Smith

  • What is Garrett A Smith's overall allowance rate?
    44%, computed from 46 allowed applications and 59 abandoned applications (105 total decided). This is a historical average and not a prediction of any specific application outcome.
  • How many art units does this examiner work in?
    One art unit (2168) within TC 2100. The pooled record aggregates all dispositions across that unit.
  • What is the technology center and subject matter?
    Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The record covers applications in this field.
  • What do these statistics tell me about my specific application?
    These figures describe the examiner's past record only. Historical allowance rates are not predictions of any individual application's outcome.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Garrett A 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: 105 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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