Examiner Guerrier Merant has allowed 1,314 of 1,467 decided applications (90%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Guerrier Merant maintains a public record across three art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 1,467 decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 90%, with 1,314 allowed and 153 abandoned. The pooled figure reflects work spanning art units 2111, 2117, and 2138. Allowance rates across these art units range from 84% to 97%, indicating variation in outcomes by art unit. This aggregate record describes historical dispositions and does not predict outcomes in any individual application.
This pooled record aggregates three separate art units within TC 2100. The 90% allowance rate represents the combined result across all art units and decided applications. Because different art units may have different allowance rates—ranging here from 84% to 97%—the pooled figure describes past aggregate performance and is not a prediction of how any specific application will be treated. Individual art-unit records are available separately.
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 control or regulating systems.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 189 decided applications with an interview and 613 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 166 decided applications with an interview and 496 without.
Primarily examines input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Guerrier Merant 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: 1,523 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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