Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ZAMAN, FAISAL M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2111 2175 2185 2186 2838

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Faisal M Zaman is an examiner in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2111, with a high volume of 940 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 67.2 percent, providing a solid baseline for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1038, which is an important metric for managing client expectations regarding the duration of the patent process. An interview lift of 13.5 percent indicates that conducting an interview can improve the 67.2 percent allowance rate.

This lift suggests that the examiner is open to resolving issues through discussion. The 940 resolved cases provide a large sample size for these metrics in Art Unit 2111. The 1038 median days to allowance reflects the typical timeline for successful prosecution in Tech Center 2800. By considering the 13.5 percent interview lift, practitioners can better decide when to engage the examiner directly to move a case toward an allowance.

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

Performance Statistics

67.2%
Allow Rate
-0.8% vs TC avg
971
Total Applications
+13.5%
Interview Lift
1038
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 940 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.1%
§102 Novelty
65.9%
§103 Obviousness
11.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18232819 FANOUT CONNECTIONS ON A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19213754 Blocking Latency Events in Multi-Die Architecture Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18936889 USING CUSTOM TEMPLATES TO DEFINE NEW SYSTEM TYPES FOR INSTANTIATION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19065302 Processing System, Writing System For Real Time Clock Device, And Function Setting Method For Real Time Clock Device Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18859609 SYSTEM OPERATION PLANNING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, SYSTEM OPERATION PLANNING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19025909 POWER CONSERVING CLOCK CIRCUIT WITH FAST START-UP Non-Final OA Google LLC
18775635 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ACTIVATING OR DEACTIVATING A RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION READER Final Rejection Hand Held Products, Inc.
18657592 CONTROL LOOP SUB-SYSTEM VOLTAGE MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17711784 CLOCKING ARCHITECTURE FOR A MULTI-DIE PACKAGE Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
19004196 CONTROLLER COMMAND SCHEDULING IN A MEMORY SYSTEM TO INCREASE COMMAND BUS UTILIZATION Non-Final OA Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
18283631 ARITHMETIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAM OPERATING METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18823685 CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
18903010 SERIAL BUS REPEATER WITH LOW POWER STATE DETECTION Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18902329 Hardware Timer Manager Supporting Multiple Precision Levels Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18395697 Isolation of a Networking Switch During Reboot Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18895461 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY SWITCHING DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
19027714 AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF DISPLAY DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY Non-Final OA ROKU, INC.
18959384 CHAINED RESOURCE LOCKING Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19185866 CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR LIMITING OVERVOLTAGE, PARTICULARLY FOR A DC-DC CONVERTER Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18394675 POWER DOMAINS IN A SYSTEM ON A CHIP Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18393662 GENERATION OF OVERCLOCKING PROFILE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18888415 LOGIC RETENTION SUPPORT IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Arm Limited
18772180 Lean Network Communications Stack with Recovery Protocol for an NVMe Boot Partition Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18619710 EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCEMENT OF WORKLOAD PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
19097394 Sorting and Placing Nodes of an Operation Unit Graph onto a Reconfigurable Processor Non-Final OA SambaNova Systems, Inc.
19081647 COMPILER THAT GENERATES CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR CONFIGURING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TO MITIGATE INDUCTIVE-INDUCED VOLTAGE DROOP Non-Final OA SambaNova Systems, Inc.
18480548 METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR OPERATING A NETWORK OR NETWORK SECTION Non-Final OA Turck Holding GmbH

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