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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Nicole Plourde Babson, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1614 1616 1619

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Analysis

BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 1600 and art unit 1612. The profile includes 540 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 46.7%, and a median of 1298 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 33.7% lift.

The companies appearing most often are L'Oréal, The Procter & Gamble Company, and Colgate-Palmolive Company. The leading firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, and OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. This combination of prosecution volume, allowance data, interview lift, and timing gives practitioners a basis for planning amendment, interview, and portfolio review work in the relevant art unit.

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

Performance Statistics

46.7%
Allow Rate
-13.3% vs TC avg
602
Total Applications
+33.7%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 540 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
48.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18541516 CLEAR SCALP COMPOSITION WITH DISCRETE PARTICLES Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17078781 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION PRESERVATIVES LEVEL OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
17998839 FUNCTIONAL SKIN COATING POLYMER Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
17437370 MONOCYTE-SELECTIVE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM USING SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES TO INDUCE EFFEROCYTOSIS Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17633158 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATINOUS MATERIAL COMPRISING THE USE OF AN ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND, AN EFFECT PIGMENT, AND A FILM-FORMING POLYMER III Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18585241 SCAFFOLD FOR TREATMENT OF TENDON OR LIGAMENT DISEASES BY INSERTING ATELOCOLLAGEN INTO POROUS POLYMER OF HYALURONIC ACID Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18689620 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND STIMULATED STRUCTURES AND DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC SPECIES Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18231729 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING KERATIN FIBERS Final Rejection L'Oreal
17537553 OPTICALLY-TRANSFORMING NAIL COATINGS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection L'OREAL
17151558 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR HAIR Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18254901 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR SKIN Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18037730 SOLID COSMETIC Final Rejection Shiseido Company, Ltd.
18245768 POWDERY SOLID COSMETIC Final Rejection SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18429854 Personal Care Compositions Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18240795 Personal Care Compositions Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18563700 PHOTOCURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR NAIL OR ARTIFICIAL NAIL Non-Final OA THREEBOND CO., LTD.
15888433 MEDICAMENT Non-Final OA Symrise AG
18052223 COMPOSITIONS, KITS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR FIBERS Non-Final OA LANDA LABS (2012) LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nicole Plourde Babson's allowance rate?

46.7% of resolved applications examined by Nicole Plourde Babson were allowed (540 resolved cases), compared with 40.7% across Art Unit 1612 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nicole Plourde Babson?

This examiner's interview lift is +33.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Nicole Plourde Babson take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nicole Plourde Babson took 1,298 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nicole Plourde Babson work in?

Nicole Plourde Babson examines applications in Art Unit 1612 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).

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