Examiner Kyle Ryan Smith
Examiner Kyle Ryan Smith appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile leans toward ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
N/A
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 3 years (2024-2026)
- Phone
- (703) 756-4642
- Predicted Supervisor
- N/A
- Supervisor Phone
- N/A
- Tech Center
- 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
- Group
- 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 18
- Granted Applications
- 0
- Non-Granted Applications
- 18
- Avg OA / Grant
- N/A
- Last OA Observed
- March 2026 (2 months ago)
- Art Units Seen
- 1651
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 0.0% | N/A |
| Art Unit | 28 | 41.4% | 2.10 |
| Group | 207 | 41.1% | 2.01 |
| Tech Center | 1,349 | 39.5% | 2.02 |
| USPTO | 16,116 | 54.8% | 1.98 |
Grant Timeline
Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.
| Year | Applications | Granted | Grant Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| No observed data before 2024; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 47.4% | 0.0% |
| 2 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 60.0% |