Examiner Sean T Smith
Grant ratio: 2.0% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 2659 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §103.
Recently active
Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 100815
- Primary art unit
- 2659
- Work group
- 2650
- Technology center
- 2600
- Applications
- 51
- Granted applications
- 1
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6643
- Supervisor
- Pierre-Louis Desir
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-7799
Save this analysis
Download this examiner report.
Log in / Sign Up to exportPeer comparisons
| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 27 | 58.8% | 1.91 |
| Group | 210 | 59.4% | 1.87 |
| Tech Center | 1,754 | 57.4% | 1.88 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 14 | 27.5% |
| 2 OAs | 14 | 27.5% |
| 3 OAs | 14 | 27.5% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 15.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 2.0% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2026 | 44 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 51 | 5.9% | 3.9% | 90.2% | 2.0% |
| Action 2 | 37 | 5.4% | 0.0% | 91.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 23 | 0.0% | 4.3% | 87.0% | 8.7% |
| Action 4 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2025: August memo
3.2%
5.1%
Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.
PTAB appeals
No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.
Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.