Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Bradley Smith, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SMITH, BRADLEY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2817 2891 2894

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+12.0% vs TC avg
935
Total Applications
-2.8%
Interview Lift
897
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 903 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
43.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18246125 TRANSFER SUBSTRATE USED IN MANUFACTURE OF DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18641782 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18387997 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18094112 NANOWIRE LED, DISPLAY MODULE INCLUDING THE NANOWIRE LED, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY MODULE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18407438 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18291311 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18462798 MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
18612005 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION ON 3D NAND STRUCTURES Final Rejection Lam Research Corporation
16790363 TRAINING OF VARIATIONAL QUANTUM CLASSIFIERS BY PARAMETRIC COORDINATE ASCENT Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18248817 NITRIDE BASED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DIODE WITH AN ULTRAVIOLET TRANSPARENT CONTACT Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18284615 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD.
18736157 PRECLEAN AND ENCAPSULATION OF MICROLED FEATURES Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18779097 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH REDUCED TRAP DEFECT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
17721814 NEUROMORPHIC FERROELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FEFET) DEVICE WITH ANTI-FERROELECTRIC BUFFER LAYER Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18726138 LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Bradley Smith's allowance rate?

80.0% of resolved applications examined by Bradley Smith were allowed (903 resolved cases), compared with 69.7% across Art Unit 2800 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Bradley Smith?

This examiner's interview lift is -2.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Bradley Smith take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Bradley Smith took 897 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Bradley Smith work in?

Bradley Smith examines applications in Art Unit 2800 in Tech Center 2800 (Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics).

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