Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Zfencoder Inc.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Zfencoder Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to the distinct examiner, MURSHED, OSAMAH, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio. All prosecution activity for the company is contained within the distinct art unit.

This concentration in the art unit and under the distinct examiner indicates a highly focused prosecution effort. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current success at the USPTO depends entirely on the negotiations within this technical group. For the practitioner, this means there is no internal data to compare MURSHED, OSAMAH against other examiners in the same portfolio. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics focus is handled by a point of contact, which simplifies the management of the portfolio but also increases the impact of this individual examiner's tendencies. Because there is a pending office action, every development in this case is significant for the overall standing of the Zfencoder Inc. portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MURSHED, OSAMAH 1 — —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19034155 SINGLE (1X) SPEED VARIABLE RELUCTANCE RESOLVER MURSHED, OSAMAH 2858 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Zfencoder Inc. have?

Zfencoder Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Zfencoder Inc. applications?

Osamah Murshed has the most, with 1 of Zfencoder Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Zfencoder Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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