Examiner Erin Smith
Grant ratio: 47.5% (18th percentile in Art Unit 3632 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.86. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: January 2014
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 25 | 57.5% | 1.65 |
| Group | 182 | 51.6% | 1.79 |
| Tech Center | 2,381 | 46.2% | 2.12 |
| 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 | 132 | 51.0% |
| 2 OAs | 80 | 30.9% |
| 3 OAs | 33 | 12.7% |
| 4 OAs | 7 | 2.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 7 | 2.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14 | 8 | 57.1% |
| 2009 | 55 | 29 | 52.7% |
| 2010 | 57 | 38 | 66.7% |
| 2011 | 50 | 24 | 48.0% |
| 2012 | 38 | 16 | 42.1% |
| 2013 | 44 | 7 | 15.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 259 | 0.0% | 12.7% | 84.6% | 1.5% |
| Action 2 | 127 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 89.0% | 2.4% |
| Action 3 | 47 | 0.0% | 4.3% | 87.2% | 8.5% |
| Action 4 | 14 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 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
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2014: Alice
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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.