Examiner Cairns Thomas R

2468-CAIRNS-THOMAS-R

Employment Information

Art Unit:2468 — Multiplex communications
Group:2410-2460-2470 — Multiplex and VoIP
Classes: 370 — Multiplex communications
307 — Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Phone:(571) 270-0487
Email:thomas.cairns@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:11 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

21
3-Year Grant rate: 89% over 250 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 21st

With Examiner Cairns, you have a 89% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Cairns is an easier examiner and in the 21st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Cairns, 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 2468

Examiner Cairns's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2468 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Cairns 0.9
Art Unit 2468 1.7

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Cairns has granted 162 of 185 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Cairns has granted 61 of 65 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 94%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Cairns, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18421961 Non-Infrastructure Ultra-Wideband Wireless Positioning Method And System Using Latency Communication And Overhear Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18218013 Method And Device For Multi-Carrier Transmission In Wireless Communication Patented View
18049310 Methods, Apparatus, And Lightweight Vehicle Patented View
18280376 Method And Device For Performing Wireless Communication Related To Sl Resources In Nr V2x Patented View
18085567 Method For Determining Relay Scheme, And Device Patented View
18247786 Method And Apparatus For Controlling Interference Due To Sl Drx Operation-Related Switching Of Rf Module In Nr V2x Patented View
18946281 Method And Apparatus For Enhancing Local Id Allocation For Multiple End Ues For Ue-To-Ue Relay Communication In A Wireless Communication System Patented View
17976256 Method For Implementing Wi-Fi Peer-To-Peer Service And Related Device Patented View
17916742 Intelligent Transport System Service Dissemination Patented View
17589680 Techniques For Application Data Unit Signaling Patented View
17917633 Device To Device Relay Connection Establishment And Configuration Abandoned View
18274656 Method And Apparatus For Determining And Dealing With An Incorrect System Time Of A Road User Patented View
17935080 Managing Signals On Multiple Wireless Links Patented View
19242933 Method And Apparatus For Target End Ue Supporting Candidate U2u Relay Discovery In A Wireless Communication System Patented View
18180658 Measurement Reporting Configuration For Aiding The Sorting Of Beam/cell Level Measurements Patented View
18377923 Method And System For Selective Broadcast Acknowledgment In Wireless Vehicular Communication Patented View
17916892 Data Packet Delay Jitter Monitoring Method And Device Patented View
18158706 Method And Apparatus For Performing Positioning Based On Congestion Control In Nr V2x Patented View
18547854 Sidelink Discontinuous Reception Configuration Patented View
18227229 Apparatus And Method For Reporting Csi In Wireless Communication System Patented View
18016610 Method And Device For Sidelink Communication Based On Drx Patented View
18192007 Method And Device For Selecting Resource In Wireless Communication System Patented View
18258668 Terminal, Base Station And Communication Method Patented View
18259364 Network Node, Wireless Communication Device And Methods For Configuring Side-Link Resources In Wireless Communication Network Patented View
19008299 Neural Network-Assisted Generation Of Interleaver In Wireless Communication System Patented View
18140166 Method And Apparatus For Performing Radio Communication Related To Mac Reset In Nr V2x Patented View
17950372 User Equipment Processing Capability For Wireless Communications With Rate Splitting Patented View
17302545 Multiple Simultaneous Ssbs With Ssb-Specific Rach Occasions Or Preamble Subsets Patented View
18136790 Systems And Methods For Channel Occupancy Time Sharing And Subchannel Interlacing Patented View
18518011 Method And Apparatus For Supporting Discovery Integrated Into Direct Link Establishment Procedure In A Wireless Communication System Patented View
17814471 Mode 1 Network Entity Initiated Network Coding Handover Patented View
18261359 Terminal And Radio Base Station Patented View
17927726 Network Optimization Method, Server, Client Device, Network Side Device, Network Device, System And Medium Patented View
18031430 An Automatic Reading System And A Method For Installing A Plurality Of Battery-Powered Stationary Measuring Devices At A Plurality Of Distributed Installation Locations Patented View
18127377 Apparatus, Method And Computer Program Patented View
17912717 Terminal And Communication Method Patented View
18189981 5g Prb Blanking System With 5g Phone To Prevent Interference With Satellite Signal Transmission Patented View
19073769 Method And Apparatus For Triggering Sidelink Relay Rlc Channel Release In Ue-To-Ue Relay Communication In A Wireless Communication System Patented View
18011464 Third Stage Sidelink Control Information Design Patented View
17916685 Resource Attribute Configuration Patented View
17886531 Method And Device For Determining Resources To Be Sensed For Device-To-Device Communication In Wireless Communication System Patented View
18201060 Expansion Of Packet Data Within Processing Pipeline Patented View
19070372 Apparatus And Method For Spectrum Efficient Cellular V2x Transmission In Vehicular Networks Patented View
18686219 Spectral Shaping For Wireless Communications Patented View
18179318 V2x Sidelink Channel Design Patented View
18096753 Method And Device For Performing Drx Operation For Each Power-Save Mode In Nr V2x Abandoned View
19086920 Method And Apparatus For Remote Ue Supporting Link Identifier Update Procedure In Ue-To-Ue Relay Communication In A Wireless Communication System Patented View
17759845 Uplink Control Information Multiplexing For Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Patented View
17955657 Sidelink Transmission And Reception Methods And Apparatuses Patented View
18083533 Stateful Services On Stateless Clustered Edge Patented View

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