Examiner Giovanna B Colan has allowed 273 of 387 decided applications (71%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Giovanna B Colan has a public record spanning 3 art units within Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 387 disposed applications, 273 were allowed, yielding an overall allowance rate of 71%. This rate reflects decided cases (allowed and abandoned applications combined); pending applications are excluded. The allowance rate varies across the examiner's art units, ranging from 52% to 87%. These figures represent the examiner's pooled historical record and are not predictions for any specific application.
This record aggregates data across multiple art units within TC 2100, producing a single allowance rate that masks variation among individual units. The 71% figure describes past dispositions—allowed and abandoned applications out of all decided cases—and reflects no single art unit. Pooled statistics describe historical outcomes; they are correlational snapshots, not forecasts of how any particular application will be examined or decided.
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 →
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.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 103 decided applications with an interview and 90 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 72 decided applications with an interview and 92 without.
Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.
Based on 30 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Giovanna B Colan 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: 410 applications.
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