Examiner Nicholas Augustine has allowed 698 of 953 decided applications (73%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Nicholas Augustine has a pooled allowance rate of 73% across 953 disposed applications in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). His record spans three art units: 2141, 2178, and 2179. Of 1010 total applications in his public record, 698 were allowed and 255 were abandoned. The allowance rate varies across these art units, ranging from 47% to 83%. This range reflects differences in the application populations and dispositions within each art unit.
This pooled record aggregates results across multiple art units within TC 2100. The 73% allowance rate describes outcomes on 953 decided applications—a historical summary, not a prediction for any particular filing. When an examiner works across several art units, the overall figure masks variation by unit. The stated range (47% to 83%) shows that spread exists; detailed art-unit figures appear in a separate section of this profile.
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 artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.
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 290 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 160 decided applications with an interview and 163 without.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 49 decided applications with an interview and 125 without.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Nicholas Augustine 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: 1,010 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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