Examiner Nicholson Iii Leslie A

3653-NICHOLSON-III-LESLIE-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:3653 — Sheet feeding or delivering
Group:3650 — Material and Article Handling
Classes: 270 — Sheet-material associating
475 — Planetary gear transmission systems or components
198 — Conveyors: power-driven
271 — Sheet feeding or delivering
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
493 — Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturing from a sheet or web
221 — Article dispensing
180 — Motor vehicles
347 — Incremental printing of symbolic information
226 — Advancing material of indeterminate length
Phone:(571) 272-5487
Email:leslie.nicholson@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Compr Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

11
3-Year Grant rate: 93% over 531 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 11th

With Examiner Nicholson, you have a 93% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Nicholson is a very easy examiner and in the 11th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Nicholson, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 3653

Examiner Nicholson's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3653 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Nicholson 0.8
Art Unit 3653 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Nicholson has granted 469 of 505 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 93%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Nicholson has granted 26 of 26 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 100%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Nicholson, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 8%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18605522 Sheet Conveying Device And Image Forming Apparatus Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18425155 Printing System Patented View
18478803 Paper Feeding Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18390237 Method For Forming A Creasing On A Paper Item And Paper Item Provided With A Creasing Patented View
18684190 Automated Sortation And Dispensing System Patented View
18421717 Sheet Postprocessing Device And Image Forming System Including The Sheet Postprocessing Device Patented View
18184334 Conveying Apparatus And Printing Apparatus Patented View
17903715 Recording Medium Processing Apparatus And Image Forming System Patented View
18418746 Sheet Post-Processing Apparatus With Pair Of Side End Cursors Pivotable Toward And Away From Tray And Movable In Sheet Width Direction, And Image Formation System With Sheet Post-Processing Apparatus Patented View
18506789 Recording Apparatus Patented View
18599220 Pill Dispenser Patented View
18461524 Dynamic Change Of Gang Run Patented View
18522654 Image Forming System Patented View
18491668 Multi-Stage Ram Assembly For Product Delivery Patented View
18415724 Sheet Post-Processing Device And Image Forming System Patented View
18309961 Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18333227 Sheet Processing Apparatus And Image Forming System Patented View
18511389 Gift Box System And Method Abandoned View
18177131 Binding Processing Device, Image Forming System, Binding Processing Method, And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Recording Program Patented View
18427746 Sheet Processing System And Operation Control Method Capable Of Suppressing Occurrence Of Defect Patented View
18287872 Folding Or Interfolding Unit, And Method For Folding Or Interfolding A Plurality Of Sheets Of Paper Patented View
18190118 Feeding Device And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18561196 A System And A Method For Stacking A Fanfolded Continuous Web Of Sheet Material Patented View
18522643 Image Forming System Patented View
18414393 Sheet Post-Processing Device And Sheet Post-Processing System Capable Of Pivoting Flapping Member And Pressing Member By Single Drive Source Patented View
18691599 Medium Processing Apparatus And Image Forming System Incorporating Same Patented View
18112984 Deposit Device Patented View
18497502 Blister Packages Containing Active Material And Methods Of Making And Using Same Patented View
18130221 Article Supporter, Supply Device, And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18184510 Transport Device And Liquid Ejection Device Patented View
18572216 Method, Feeder Unit And Dispensing System For Dispensing Discrete Medicaments Patented View
18506612 Paper Feeding Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18547559 Method And Apparatus For Sewing Book Blocks Without Blind Stitch By Means Of Hooks Patented View
18027243 System And Methods For Manufacturing A Glass Ribbon Abandoned View
18036822 Printer Patented View
18515286 Sheet Conveying Device And Image Forming Apparatus Incorporating The Sheet Conveying Device Patented View
18503577 Sheet Conveyance Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18459965 Paper Feeding Cassette And Recording Apparatus Patented View
17949618 Binding Apparatus Patented View
18492060 Open And Close Device, Sheet Conveyor, And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18334219 Sheet Conveying Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
17950470 Binding Apparatus, Image Forming System, Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Storing A Program, And Method Patented View
18213274 Sheet Conveying Device And Image Forming Apparatus Incorporating The Sheet Conveying Device Patented View
18142581 Sheet Remover, Conveying Device, And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18423501 Sheet Processing Apparatus Patented View
18517907 Image Forming Apparatus Patented View
18188248 Feeding Device, Printing Apparatus And Method Of Controlling Feeding Device Patented View
18177783 Sheet Processing Device Patented View
18287369 Folding Or Interfolding Unit For Folding Or Interfolding Sheets Of Paper Patented View
18515800 Sheet Bonding Apparatus, Sheet Processing Apparatus, And Image Forming Apparatus Patented View

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