Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Living Security Inc.

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Living Security Inc. manages a company patent portfolio in the Networking & Security field. There is currently 1 pending office action under review. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specialized technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. This concentration in the art unit simplifies the monitoring of the portfolio's progress.

The examination is conducted by 1 distinct examiner, centralizing the decision-making process for the active applications. SHINGLES, KRISTIE D is listed as the busiest examiner and is currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. For practitioners, this means that the 1 distinct examiner has a significant influence over the portfolio's immediate outcomes. The reliance on 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner indicates a very specific and concentrated prosecution environment. The data reflects a prosecution stage where all current activity is funneled through a specific point of review.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 1 82.1% +13.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18069019 RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITY SYSTEM SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 19d

Interview Candidates (1)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18069019 RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITY SYSTEM SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 19d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2453 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18069019 RISK MANAGEMENT SECURITY SYSTEM SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 2453 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Dec 20, 2022

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