Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Nicholas E Allen, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ALLEN, NICHOLAS E

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2154 2167

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

ALLEN, NICHOLAS E works in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2154. The profile covers 776 resolved cases, a 75.6% allowance rate, and a 14.6% interview lift. Median time to allowance is 1096 days. The record shows a favorable allowance outcome, while the reported interview association is more modest and may be less central to case planning.

Top companies are ORACLE INTERNATIONAL Corporation, Google LLC, and Dell Products L.P. Frequently represented firms include AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP, Brooks Kushman P.C., and CHIP LAW GROUP. These recurring participants provide practical context for counsel evaluating filing and amendment approaches.

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

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+20.6% vs TC avg
835
Total Applications
+14.6%
Interview Lift
1096
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 776 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
53.6%
§103 Obviousness
4.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17868361 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DATA LOADING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18780266 SCALABLE RANGE LOCKS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18380098 MULTI-LOB CACHING AND LOB WRITING Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
17861634 AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF SEASONAL PATTERN INSTANCES AND CORRESPONDING PARAMETERS IN MULTI-SEASONAL TIME SERIES Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
19477700 Autonomous Visual Information Seeking with Machine-learned Language Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
17662547 Independent Fragment Compactions of Striped Data Non-Final OA Google LLC
18871398 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18692055 QUEUE CALCULATION SYSTEM, QUEUE CALCULATION APPARATUS, QUEUE CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18158702 NON-FUNGIBLE PREFERENCE TOKEN Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
17877529 MAPPING OF APPLICATION DATA Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18403153 SERIALIZABLE DIRECTORY ITERATOR Non-Final OA Dell Products, L.P.
18498216 ENHANCED ROLL-BACK FROM A RETENTION LOCKED NAMESPACE Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nicholas E Allen's allowance rate?

75.6% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas E Allen were allowed (776 resolved cases), compared with 67.7% across Art Unit 2154 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nicholas E Allen?

This examiner's interview lift is +14.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Nicholas E Allen take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nicholas E Allen took 1,096 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nicholas E Allen work in?

Nicholas E Allen examines applications in Art Unit 2154 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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