Examiner Kevin Lee Smith has allowed 52 of 135 decided applications (39%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Kevin Lee Smith maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His pooled record spans one art unit and covers 193 total applications. Of 135 disposed applications, 52 were allowed and 83 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 39% across the decided applications. This rate reflects outcomes on applications on which final decisions have been entered. The allowance rate is computed from decided applications only and does not include pending filings.
This pooled record aggregates all of the examiner's work across his art unit(s). The figures describe his historical record of decisions and do not predict outcomes on any individual application. Allowance rate is calculated from applications on which a final decision—allowance or abandonment—has been reached. Pending applications are excluded from this calculation. Aggregate statistics reflect past performance and are not forecasts of specific case outcomes.
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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.
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 88 decided applications with an interview and 47 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Kevin Lee 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: 193 applications.
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