Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Kevin Lee Smith, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SMITH, KEVIN LEE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2122 3667

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Analysis

SMITH, KEVIN LEE works in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2122. His record covers 144 resolved cases, with a 36.8% allowance rate and an 18.5% interview lift. The median time to allowance is 1690 days.

His listed companies are Visa International Service Association, International Business Machines Corporation, and Capital One Services LLC. His listed firms are FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC, and CHIP LAW GROUP. The allowance rate and long median time suggest that applicants should prepare for sustained prosecution and use interviews where they can clarify claim issues.

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

Performance Statistics

36.8%
Allow Rate
-15.2% vs TC avg
195
Total Applications
+18.5%
Interview Lift
1690
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 144 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.4%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
39.7%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17899355 COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS HAVING TECHNOLOGICALLY IMPROVED MACHINE LEARNING RECOMMENDATION ENGINES CONFIGURED/PROGRAMMED TO UTILIZE DYNAMIC VARIABLE RATIO FEEDBACK AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
17939210 METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING HUMAN WELLNESS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON UWB BASED HUMAN ACTIVITY DETECTION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17216498 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGET BASED HYPER-PARAMETER TUNING Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
17366639 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED CREATION OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18695021 LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17697724 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRANSACTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN A NETWORK Non-Final OA MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
18574793 DECENTRALIZED ACTIVE-LEARNING MODEL UPDATE AND BROADCAST MECHANISM IN INTERNET-OF-THINGS ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17539271 System and Method for Contextual Density Ratio-based Biasing of Sequence-to-Sequence Processing Systems Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17544314 TRAINING OF QUANTUM BOLTZMANN MACHINES BY QUANTUM IMAGINARY-TIME EVOLUTION Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17086277 SCALABLE DISCOVERY OF LEADERS FROM DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL SEARCH SPACE USING INCREMENTAL PIPELINE GROWTH APPROACH Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18680454 VIEWPOINT-ADAPTIVE PERCEPTION FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINES AND APPLICATIONS USING SIMULATED SENSOR DATA Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
17688650 GENERATING AND UTILIZING SYNTHETIC TIME SERIES DATA FOR IMPOVING SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
17508079 MULTI-OBSERVER, CONSENSUS-BASED GROUND TRUTH Final Rejection Dell Products, L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Kevin Lee Smith's allowance rate?

36.8% of resolved applications examined by Kevin Lee Smith were allowed (144 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Kevin Lee Smith?

This examiner's interview lift is +18.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Kevin Lee Smith take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Kevin Lee Smith took 1,690 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Kevin Lee Smith work in?

Kevin Lee Smith examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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