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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Demetrios C Kerveros, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2111 2114 2117 2133 2138

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 2100 and art unit 2111. The record contains 1107 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 87.4%, and a median of 851 days to allowance. Interview lift is 2.6%, indicating a limited measured effect from interviews and placing emphasis on the written prosecution record.

The leading companies are Micron Technology Inc., Intel Corporation, and Winbond Electronics Corp. The leading firms are BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, JCIPRNET, and KENJA IP LAW PC. Applicants should present technically precise claims and arguments, use interviews for narrow clarification, and take the recorded allowance timing into account when planning responses, continuation activity, and client expectations.

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

Performance Statistics

87.4%
Allow Rate
+32.4% vs TC avg
1,129
Total Applications
+2.6%
Interview Lift
851
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1107 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
51.1%
§102 Novelty
8.0%
§103 Obviousness
27.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18907092 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ERROR DETECTION AND CONTROL FOR EMBEDDED MEMORY AND COMPUTE ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18853475 CORRECTABLE ERROR COUNTER AND LEAKY BUCKET FOR PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS (PCIE) AND COMPUTE EXPRESS LINK (CXL) DEVICES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18326039 MIXED SIGNAL CIRCUIT, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TESTING MIXED SIGNAL CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18106244 TECHNIQUES FOR INFIELD TESTING OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC CIRCUITRY Final Rejection Altera Corporation
19219935 MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BLOCK STRIPE ASSIGNMENT BASED ON BLOCK ERROR CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19204228 ON-DIE ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR META DATA Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19088010 MULTIPLE BIT FLIP THRESHOLD SETS FOR IMPROVED ERROR CORRECTION IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEM Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19083962 ADAPTING A LOG-LIKELIHOOD RATIO TO A CODEWORD USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
19075572 OPERATIONAL MODES OF A MEMORY REGISTER Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19054497 DISTRIBUTING SELECT GATE SCAN ACROSS ERASE CYCLES Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18889273 ERROR CHECK FUNCTIONALITY VERIFICATION USING KNOWN ERRORS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18782624 FLEXIBLE ADDRESS SWAP COLUMN REDUNDANCY Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
19053083 DYNAMICAL LOCKING OF SEED VALUE FOR LFSR DESCRAMBLER FOR USB Non-Final OA Tektronix, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Demetrios C Kerveros's allowance rate?

87.4% of resolved applications examined by Demetrios C Kerveros were allowed (1,107 resolved cases), compared with 86.7% across Art Unit 2111 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Demetrios C Kerveros?

This examiner's interview lift is +2.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Demetrios C Kerveros take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Demetrios C Kerveros took 851 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Demetrios C Kerveros work in?

Demetrios C Kerveros examines applications in Art Unit 2111 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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