Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: AHMED, ZUBAIR

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2113 2132 2182 4100

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Zubair Ahmed is an examiner in Tech Center 4100, assigned to Art Unit 2113. The examiner has a history of 559 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these applications is 69.1 percent. This figure provides a baseline for practitioners to understand the probability of securing a patent grant when their case is assigned to this examiner.

The interview lift is 4.2 percent. This lift suggests that interviews may not be the most decisive factor in changing the outcome of a case with this examiner. While an interview can still be used for clarification, the 4.2 percent lift indicates that the examiner's decisions are often reached through the written record in Art Unit 2113.

The median days to allowance is 982. This duration represents the time an applicant can expect to wait for a grant. With 559 resolved cases, the examiner has experience in Tech Center 4100. Practitioners should weigh the 69.1 percent allowance rate against the 982 day timeline when developing their prosecution strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

69.1%
Allow Rate
+9.1% vs TC avg
581
Total Applications
+4.2%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 560 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
65.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18528602 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA-ANALYTICS ACCELERATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18983046 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17958334 HARDWARE PROCESSOR HAVING MULTIPLE MEMORY PREFETCHERS AND MULTIPLE PREFETCH FILTERS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19298959 MEMORY DEVICE AND ITS OPERATING METHOD, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18912213 MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD Final Rejection 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.
18444947 PROCESSOR RESOURCE ISOLATION Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19244301 CONTROL LOGIC IN A MEMORY DEVICE FOR GENERATING INTERNAL COMMANDS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19222891 DIVIDING SUPERBLOCKS IN A MEMORY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19070991 Dynamic Memory Address Write Policy Translation based on Performance Needs Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18785595 In-Memory Queue Status Array Configured to Identify Queuing of Commands in Submission Queues for Communications between a Memory Sub-System and a Host System Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18747227 RESUMING SUSPENDED PROGRAM OPERATIONS IN A MEMORY DEVICE Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18762763 MEMORY SYSTEM, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Platforms, Ltd.

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