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Examiner Emily E Larocque

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 534 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Emily E Larocque has allowed 444 of 534 decided applications (83%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

83% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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Emily E Larocque maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 591 total applications, 444 were allowed and 90 abandoned, yielding 534 disposed applications. The allowance rate is 83% over those decided applications. The record spans one art unit. This pooled figure reflects past dispositions and does not predict outcomes in any individual application.

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This record aggregates data across one art unit within TC 2100. The 83% allowance rate describes historical dispositions—allowed applications as a percentage of all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned). Pooled figures represent the examiner's past record and are correlational data, not predictive of any specific application's outcome or path.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2182
591 APPS · 83% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines data-processing methods for specific functions, and processing data by its order or content.

83% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 72%
DISPOSITION444 / 90 / 57allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION22.2 moart unit avg 24.3 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.8 moart unit avg 37.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility54% · art unit 31%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)56%
§103 — Obviousness58% · art unit 76%
§112 — Written description & definiteness84%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW88%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW79%+9 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 246 decided applications with an interview and 288 without.

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Questions about Examiner Emily E Larocque

  • What is Emily E Larocque's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 83%, calculated over 534 disposed applications (444 allowed, 90 abandoned). This figure aggregates the examiner's record and is not a prediction of any specific application.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Emily E Larocque's public record spans one art unit (2182) within TC 2100.
  • What does the pooled allowance rate mean?
    The 83% rate reflects historical dispositions across all applications in the examiner's record. It describes past outcomes, not the likelihood of allowance in any particular case.
  • What subject matter does this examiner handle?
    Emily E Larocque examines applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security).
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Emily E Larocque has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 591 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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