Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GERIDO, DWAN A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1677 1681 1758 1777 1796 1797

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dwan A. Gerido is an examiner in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1677 who has overseen 728 resolved cases. The allowance rate for this examiner is 58.0%, which provides a primary benchmark for applicants. This 58.0% rate is associated with a median days to allowance of 1225. Practitioners should use the 1225-day figure to set expectations for the length of the prosecution process in this art unit.

The profile also highlights an interview lift of 30.4%. This 30.4% lift is a specific value to be considered alongside the 58.0% allowance rate, indicating that direct communication is a factor in the prosecution process. With 728 resolved cases, the data reflects a consistent pattern. The 30.4% lift suggests that oral advocacy is a tool for navigating the 1225-day median timeline to allowance. Applicants in Art Unit 1677 can use these figures to balance the costs of an interview against the baseline for success.

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

Performance Statistics

58.0%
Allow Rate
-7.0% vs TC avg
773
Total Applications
+30.4%
Interview Lift
1225
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 728 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
49.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17956892 Method and Apparatus for Volumetric Imaging Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18479241 MICROFLUIDIC CHIP Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18747240 DEPARAFFINIZATION OF TISSUE UTILIZING ELECTRIC FIELD Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18082818 MAGNETIC SEPARATION DEVICE Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute
18365318 Magnetic Separation Filters And Microfluidic Devices Using Magnetic Separation Filters Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
16763037 HEPARIN-BASED BLOOD SAMPLER WITHOUT PLATELET ACTIVATION Non-Final OA Radiometer Medical ApS
18514456 COLOR-CHANGING SENSOR FOR GAS DETECTION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
17598575 NON-BLEACHING COLORIMETRIC AND FLUOROMETRIC ANALYTE DETECTION BY DEGRADATION OF SOLIDS Non-Final OA Hach Company
17876787 Method Of Diagnosing Cardiovascular Diseases, And A Device For Separating Components Of A Fluid Sample For Diagnosing Cardiovascular Diseases Non-Final OA Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering Limited

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