Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Zubair Ahmed, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as AHMED, ZUBAIR

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2113 2132 2182 4100

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

AHMED, ZUBAIR works in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2113. The examiner has 561 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 69.2%, and a median of 981 days to allowance. Interviews show a 4.0% lift in allowance outcomes, so the recorded interview association is limited relative to the overall prosecution result.

The listed companies are Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd., Intel Corporation, and Micron Technology Inc. The listed firms are CONLEY ROSE, P.C., Bayes PLLC, and Hanley, Flight and Zimmerman, LLC. Practitioners can use the profile to anticipate a median timeline beyond two and a half years and to emphasize written claim strategy while considering interviews selectively.

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

Performance Statistics

69.2%
Allow Rate
+9.2% vs TC avg
586
Total Applications
+4.0%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 561 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
64.8%
§103 Obviousness
11.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19304965 METHOD FOR OPERATING SERVER CONTROLLER, SERVER CONTROLLER AND STORAGE SERVER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18528602 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA-ANALYTICS ACCELERATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19111853 REDUCING MEMORY BANK CONFLICTS IN A HARDWARE ACCELERATOR Non-Final OA Google LLC
18983046 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18478706 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERSISTENT PLATFORM SERVICE RECORDS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17958334 HARDWARE PROCESSOR HAVING MULTIPLE MEMORY PREFETCHERS AND MULTIPLE PREFETCH FILTERS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19222891 DIVIDING SUPERBLOCKS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
19070991 Dynamic Memory Address Write Policy Translation based on Performance Needs Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18444947 PROCESSOR RESOURCE ISOLATION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19298959 MEMORY DEVICE AND ITS OPERATING METHOD, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18679955 MEMORY DEVICES, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND MEMORY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18090435 MEMORY CONTROLLER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Zubair Ahmed's allowance rate?

69.2% of resolved applications examined by Zubair Ahmed were allowed (561 resolved cases), compared with 78.0% across Art Unit 2113 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Zubair Ahmed?

This examiner's interview lift is +4.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Zubair Ahmed take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Zubair Ahmed took 981 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Zubair Ahmed work in?

Zubair Ahmed examines applications in Art Unit 2113 in Tech Center 4100.

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