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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Nicholas C Pachol, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PACHOL, NICHOLAS C

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 1749 2600 2625 2661 2672 2699

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Analysis

PACHOL, NICHOLAS C is assigned to Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 1749. The record includes 595 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 61.5%. Median time to allowance is 1285 days, and interview lift is 21.8%. The positive lift indicates that interviews were associated with better allowance outcomes than cases without interviews in the recorded data.

The listed companies are Canon Inc., Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, and Seiko Epson Corporation. The firms are MERCHANT & GOULD P.C., CHIP LAW GROUP, and Foley & Lardner LLP. Practitioners may include interviews in prosecution planning while using the allowance rate and median duration to assess expected case development and timing.

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

Performance Statistics

61.5%
Allow Rate
-0.5% vs TC avg
617
Total Applications
+21.8%
Interview Lift
1285
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 595 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
62.2%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19058689 IMAGE READER, MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL, AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING ERROR NOTIFICATION AT APPROPRIATE TIME IN RESPONSE TO OCCURRENCE OF ERROR DURING USE OF READING UNIT Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18475394 ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING PRESCRIBED OPERATION WHILE CONSUMING CONSUMABLE MOUNTED THEREIN Final Rejection BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18913453 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18890039 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INSPECTOR, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSPECTOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18375585 CONTROLLING APPARATUS THAT CONTROLS A PLURALITY OF PRINT SPEED MODES, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19069579 PRINTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18443593 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18418556 READING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF READING DEVICE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
19078982 FLEXIBLE PAPER ATTRIBUTE SELECTION FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
18617349 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING USER'S PERCEPTION OF CHANGE IN IMAGE QUALITY CAUSED BY ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE QUALITY OF OUTPUT IMAGE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
18994231 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH IN-LINE SCANNER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18682009 SENDING SECURITY DOCUMENT ACCORDING TO SECURITY LEVEL OF MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
19051578 NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, DOCUMENT-DATA MERGING SYSTEM, AND DOCUMENT-DATA MERGING METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18820277 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nicholas C Pachol's allowance rate?

61.5% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas C Pachol were allowed (595 resolved cases), compared with 47.4% across Art Unit 1749 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nicholas C Pachol?

This examiner's interview lift is +21.8 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 C Pachol take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nicholas C Pachol took 1,285 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nicholas C Pachol work in?

Nicholas C Pachol examines applications in Art Unit 1749 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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