Examiner Waqas Saad A

2468-WAQAS-SAAD-A

Employment Information

Art Unit:2468 — Multiplex communications
Group:2410-2460-2470 — Multiplex and VoIP
Classes: 370 — Multiplex communications
709 — Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring
Phone:(571) 270-5642
Email:saad.waqas@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Compr Engrg
Service:18 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

23
3-Year Grant rate: 88% over 205 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 23rd

With Examiner Waqas, you have a 88% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Waqas is an easier examiner and in the 23rd percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Waqas, 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 Waqas's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 2468 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Waqas 1.5
Art Unit 2468 1.7

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Waqas has granted 132 of 151 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 87%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Waqas has granted 48 of 54 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 89%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Waqas, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 2%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18265409 Reduced Capability User Equipment Identification For Sidelink Communications Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18283684 Terminal And Communication Method Patented View
17910319 Method And Apparatus For Multi-Link Setup Between Multi-Link Non-Ap Logical Entities Patented View
17964212 Selection Of Decoding Level At Signal Forwarding Devices Patented View
18009222 Access Method, Access Apparatus, And Storage Medium Patented View
18157580 Packet Forwarding Method, Apparatus, And System Patented View
18217183 Communications Network And Methods With Wireless Communication Patented View
18091497 Methods And Devices For Synchronizing Uplink Slot Number In Sidelink Communication Patented View
17489453 Using Expanded Metadata To Select Among Available Wireless Networks Patented View
18002201 Data Transmission Method And Apparatus Patented View
18019173 Method And Apparatus For Carrier Control Abandoned View
18146486 Communication Apparatus, Control Method For Communication Apparatus, And Storage Medium Patented View
18272869 Adaptive Frame Selection For Sensing And Joint Sensing And Communication Applications Patented View
17976359 Communication Method And Communication Apparatus Patented View
18768094 Tunnel Failure Signaling Procedures Patented View
18752175 Communication Method And Apparatus Patented View
17887514 Uplink Transmission Control Method And Apparatus, And Device Thereof Patented View
17582241 Radio Frequency Plan Generation For Network Deployments Patented View
18160033 Timing Method For Dealing With Link Exception And Apparatus Patented View
17959340 Configuration Information Indication Method And Apparatus Patented View
17922190 Session Identifier Handling For Co-Located User Plane Gateways Patented View
18001363 Apparatus And Methods For Wireless Data Communication Using Spectrum White Spaces Abandoned View
18583439 Neighbor Cell Measurements Patented View
18746901 Systems And Methods For Reference Signal Measurements In Wireless Systems Patented View
17819579 Signaling For Multiple Transmission Reception Point Activation And Deactivation Patented View
17885762 Overlay Route Optimization Across Data Centers Patented View
18244195 Wireless Communication Terminal And Wireless Communication Method For Multi-User Uplink Transmission Patented View
17648169 Method And Apparatus For Performing Communication For Transmission/reception Of Iab Node In Wireless Communication System Patented View
17674255 Differentiated Multihomed Route Advertisement For Multipath Tcp Patented View
18411113 Radio Network Node, Wireless Device And Methods Performed Therein For Handling Communication In A Wireless Communication Network Patented View
17731150 Communication Method And Communication Apparatus Patented View
17696768 Adaptive Simultaneous Multilink Operational Framework Patented View
17567085 Digital Communications Bus For Voltage Regulator Control And Status Read Of Multiple Power Stages Patented View
18346666 Capability Signaling For Physical Uplink Shared Channel Repetition Patented View
17593578 Data Scheduling For Reduced Capability Ues Patented View
17597118 Terminal For Performing Access To Network By Using Synchronization Signal Block Patented View
17628469 Method And Device For Transmitting Uplink Control Information In A Wireless Communication System Patented View
17858236 Companion Metadata For Precision Time Protocol (Ptp) Hardware Clock Patented View
18634545 Uplink Configured Grant Transmission Repetition Techniques In Wireless Communications Patented View
18195884 Support For Multi-Az Management Appliance Networking Patented View
18647924 Transitioning Between Multi-Link And Single-Link Mode On A Transmission Opportunity (Txop) Basis Patented View
17860276 Methods And Devices For Scheduling Multiple Cells With Single Downlink Control Information Patented View
18474291 Suspendable Csma/ca For Ieee 802.15.4 System To Reduce Packet Discard Caused By Backoff Failure Patented View
18306670 Systems And Methods For A Virtual Network Assistant Patented View
17430538 Method And Device For Random Access Patented View
17084476 Methods And Apparatus For Data Traffic Prioritization In Small-Cell Wireless Systems Patented View
17358673 Method And Apparatus For Prioritizing Uplink Or Downlink Flows In Multi-Processor Device Patented View
17760091 Device And Method For Listen-Before-Talk Random Access With Adaptive Energy Detection Threshold Selection Abandoned View
18389130 Modified Methods And System Of Transmitting And Receiving Transmission Control Protocol Segments Over Internet Protocol Packets Patented View
17765207 Method And Device For Determining Computing Architecture And Wireless Communication Protocol Architecture In Wireless Communication System Patented View

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