Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Valkyrie Security Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the company is SCHMIDT, KARI L, who is currently managing the 1 pending action.
The company's current prosecution activity is limited to this single pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution strategy is entirely focused on a single point of contact. Practitioners must address the specific concerns of SCHMIDT, KARI L to successfully move this 1 pending action toward allowance. Because there is no diversity in the 1 distinct art unit or the 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution strategy does not need to account for varying interpretations of the technology. Success in this 1 pending office action will require a direct and precise response to the specific issues raised by SCHMIDT, KARI L. Practitioners should also consider the procedural standards of the 1 distinct art unit when drafting their response to ensure full compliance with local practices.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHMIDT, KARI L | 1 | 74.3% | +42.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19550359 | MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO RESOURCES BY USERS | SCHMIDT, KARI L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2439 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19550359 | MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO RESOURCES BY USERS | SCHMIDT, KARI L | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2026 |
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Start Free TrialValkyrie Security Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kari L Schmidt has the most, with 1 of Valkyrie Security Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
