Spatially overlapped coupled matter‐wave bright solitons are considered in binary Bose‐Einstein condensates with nonlinear optical lattices(NOLs) and study the properties of scattering patterns due to a localized defect. It is shown that spatially overlapped solitons become separated and exhibit different scattering patterns with the variation of inter‐species interaction. The NOL interplays with the defect and tends to influence the scattering properties. However, the effect of NOL varies with strength of inter‐component interaction. It is found that, if this interaction is weak then the scattering center gets shifted outside the defect. However, for a stronger inter‐component interaction, the scattering takes place from the defect and leads to different scattering patterns.