Examiner Janice Marie Girouard has allowed 158 of 206 decided applications (77%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Examiner Janice Marie Girouard maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 237 total applications, 158 were allowed and 48 were abandoned, for a total of 206 decided applications. The allowance rate over those 206 decided applications is 77%. The examiner's record spans a single art unit, Art Unit 2138. This allowance rate reflects historical dispositions and does not predict the outcome of any specific application.
This record aggregates decisions across one art unit within TC 2100. The allowance rate of 77% describes the examiner's past record on decided applications—those allowed or abandoned—and excludes pending matters. Pooled figures represent historical outcomes across the art unit covered and are not predictions for individual applications or case types.
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 input/output (I/O) data transfer, and memory access and allocation.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 116 decided applications with an interview and 90 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Janice Marie Girouard 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: 237 applications.
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