Examiner Roberts Brian S

2466-ROBERTS-BRIAN-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:2466 — Multiplex communications
Group:2410-2460-2470 — Multiplex and VoIP
Classes: 370 — Multiplex communications
726 — Information security
701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Phone:(571) 272-3095
Email:brian.roberts@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:21 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

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3-Year Grant rate: 93% over 366 cases
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 10th

With Examiner Roberts, you have a 93% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Roberts is an extremely easy examiner and in the 10th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Roberts, 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 2466

Examiner Roberts's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2466 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Roberts 0.9
Art Unit 2466 1.6

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Roberts has granted 324 of 348 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 93%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Roberts has granted 17 of 18 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 94%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Roberts, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 1%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18478741 Wlan Cellular Aggregation Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18246539 Monitoring Procedure For Relay Path Scenarios Patented View
18305170 Method And Apparatus For Packet Rerouting Patented View
18511305 Method And Device For Determining Downlink Transmission Timing For Relay Node In Next Generation Communication System Patented View
18551751 Network Communication Apparatus And System Abandoned View
18558400 Methods For Inter Iab-Donor-Du Bap Tunneling Patented View
18357938 Tag Maintenance, Update, And Signaling Patented View
18290496 Ue Configured To Support Inter-Ue Coordination (Iuc) Feedback For V2x Sidelink Communication With Peer Ue Collision Avoidance Patented View
17933111 Radio Discovery For A Mesh Access Point (Ap) Patented View
18296850 Network Protocol For Battery Powered Devices Within A Wireless Network Patented View
18355406 Communication Method And Communication Apparatus Patented View
18091588 Method Of Communication, Device, Chip And Computer Readable Storage Medium Patented View
18031705 Methods, Apparatuses, Architectures And Systems For Handling Link Degradation And/or Link Failure In An Integrated Access And Backhaul (Iab) Network Patented View
18272245 Terminal, Base Station And Radio Communication Method Patented View
18147753 Method For A Relaying System For Improving An Awareness Of The Relaying System By User Equipment, Method For User Equipment, Apparatus, Vehicle And Computer Program Patented View
19073579 Delay Status Reporting Patented View
18356945 Method And Apparatus For Tdls Discovery For Nstr Constrained Devices Patented View
17468614 Systems And Methods For Wireline Data Transmission Patented View
18104534 Control Of Uplink Data Split From Remote User Equipment Over Multipath Patented View
18125022 Application Acceleration Based On Local Network Conditions Patented View
18600223 Methods And Apparatus For Network Tracing, Forecasting, And Capacity Planning Patented View
18546128 Enhancements For Edge Network Access For A Ue Patented View
17812714 Status Registration Of Packet Routing Nodes Patented View
18093686 Multipath Communication And Control Patented View
18014332 Method And Apparatus For Packet Duplication In Wireless Communication System Patented View
18404910 Methods, Wireless Communications Networks And Infrastructure Equipment Abandoned View
19058060 System And Method For Telemetry Information-Based Network Role Reassignments In Wireless Backhaul Mesh Network Patented View
18858803 Using Or Applying User Equipment Route Selection Policy Information When Operating A User Equipment Connected To A Telecommunications Network Patented View
18352562 Tdls Discovery Process For Multi-Link Operation Patented View
18319900 Systems And Methods For Providing Over-The-Air User Equipment Route Selection Policy Configuration Updates Patented View
18211800 Packet Processing Apparatus And Communication System Abandoned View
18433315 Systems And Methods For Propagating Data Packets In A Network Of Nodes Patented View
18051752 Apparatus And Method For Multi-Link-Based Wireless Communication Patented View
17963043 Path Switching In User Equipment To User Equipment Relay Patented View
18117287 Multiplexing Techniques For Overlapping Channels With Different Priorities Patented View
18299283 Systems And Methods For Multi-Slice Communication Sessions In A Wireless Network Patented View
17986553 Method For Sidelink Relay Communication Under Dual Connectivity Patented View
18012358 Server Device, Monitoring Method, And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium Patented View
17974282 Communication Method And Apparatus Patented View
17856763 Content Delivery System Special Network Device And Special Local Area Network Connection, Content Discovery, Data Transfer, And Control Methods Abandoned View
18189788 Intelligent Nr Object Prioritization For 5g Service Patented View
18873964 Telecommunications Network Patented View
18173183 Method For Updating Or Releasing Backhaul Configuration Information And Related Product Patented View
17826807 Transmitting Announcement Messages Between Network Devices And Building Network Connectivity Graphs Patented View
17791541 Method For Data Transmission And Technical System Patented View
17209773 Sudas, Uru And Base Station Patented View
18056535 Unified Quality Of Service Management Of Aircraft Data Traffic Through Satellite Communication System Patented View
18475270 Multi-Link Device Probing Method And Communication Apparatus Patented View
17658814 Connectivity Graph For Wireless Network Routing Patented View
18183032 Synchronization Messages For Peripheral Devices Patented View

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