Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Emilie Aline Smith, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SMITH, EMILIE ALINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1671 1686

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Analysis

SMITH, EMILIE ALINE works in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1637. Her record includes 77 resolved cases, with a 49.4% allowance rate and a 35.4% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1589 days.

Her listed companies are NEC Laboratories America Inc., Genome International Corporation, and NEC Corporation. Her listed firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, GOODWIN PROCTER LLP, and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP. The limited case volume calls for care in applying the figures, but the interview lift identifies examiner interviews as a potentially useful prosecution tool.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

49.4%
Allow Rate
-10.6% vs TC avg
118
Total Applications
+35.4%
Interview Lift
1589
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 77 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.2%
§101 Eligibility
10.5%
§102 Novelty
28.4%
§103 Obviousness
22.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17192530 METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPOUND STRUCTURE, PROGRAM FOR GENERATING COMPOUND STRUCTURE, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING COMPOUND STRUCTURE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17788304 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL VACCINE DESIGN Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18323443 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
17914279 ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18414645 T-CELL RECEPTOR OPTIMIZATION WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND MUTATION POLICIES FOR PRECISION IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18151686 T-CELL RECEPTOR OPTIMIZATION WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND MUTATION POLICIES FOR PRECISION IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18195744 METHODS FOR TRAINING MOLECULAR BINDING MODELS, METHODS FOR SCREENING MOLECULES, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES AND STORAGE MEDIA Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
17755713 Systems and Methods for Deconvoluting Tumor Ecosystems for Personalized Cancer Therapy Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18306737 Transcriptome Analysis For Treating Inflammation Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17756068 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTAMINATION DETECTION IN NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING SAMPLES Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17920012 COMPREHENSIVE POLYGENIC RISK PREDICTION FOR BREAST CANCER Non-Final OA Myriad Genetics, Inc.
17833394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING RECOMBINANT VARIANTS Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17931616 HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL COMPUTING SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Quantinuum LLC
17766031 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID Non-Final OA CLARET BIOSCIENCE, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Emilie Aline Smith's allowance rate?

49.4% of resolved applications examined by Emilie Aline Smith were allowed (77 resolved cases), compared with 45.4% across Art Unit 1637 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Emilie Aline Smith?

This examiner's interview lift is +35.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Emilie Aline Smith take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Emilie Aline Smith took 1,589 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Emilie Aline Smith work in?

Emilie Aline Smith examines applications in Art Unit 1637 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).

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