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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Paulinho E Smith, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SMITH, PAULINHO E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2100 2123 2124 2125 2127 2129 2145

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

SMITH, PAULINHO E handles cases in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2100. The profile includes 554 resolved cases, an 80.1% allowance rate, and a median of 1180 days to allowance. Interview lift is 9.7%, so interviews appear to have a more limited measured effect than the overall allowance result suggests.

Representative companies include International Business Machines Corporation, Micron Technology Inc., and Royal Bank of Canada. The listed firms are Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, and Harrity & Harrity, LLP. Practitioners may use the allowance figure to set expectations while treating interviews as one part of a broader response strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

80.1%
Allow Rate
+25.1% vs TC avg
576
Total Applications
+9.7%
Interview Lift
1180
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 554 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.1%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
40.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18535926 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING USING EDGE DEVICES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18521943 DRIVING REPORT GENERATION USING A DEEP LEARNING DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
17976655 DEEP NEURAL NETWORK SLIMMING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18691231 METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF CNNS ON HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES USING PARALLELIZATION Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
18391851 REMARK PREDICTIONS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18390014 KNOWLEDGE-BASED MACHINE LEARNING SURROGATE MODELS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17894640 QUANTUM VARIATIONAL NETWORK CLASSIFIER Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17729348 SELECTING A WINDOW TREATMENT FABRIC Final Rejection Lutron Technology Company LLC
18520767 OPTIMIZED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Non-Final OA SRI International

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Paulinho E Smith's allowance rate?

80.1% of resolved applications examined by Paulinho E Smith were allowed (554 resolved cases), compared with 38.8% across Art Unit 2100 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Paulinho E Smith?

This examiner's interview lift is +9.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Paulinho E Smith take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Paulinho E Smith took 1,180 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Paulinho E Smith work in?

Paulinho E Smith examines applications in Art Unit 2100 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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