USPTO Examiner SCHMIDT KARI L - Art Unit 2439

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19276173SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED PERSONA AGENT GOVERNANCE IN REGULATED ENVIRONMENTS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSJuly 2025January 2026Allow500YesNo
19197933DIGITAL SIGNATUREMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
18860914COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MULTI-FACETED ENCRYPTION PLATFORMOctober 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18785726TELEMETRY DATA PROCESSING IN CLUSTER FILE SYSTEM USING ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL (RBAC) BASED DYNAMIC CATALOGJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18742765WEBPAGE INTEGRITY MONITORINGJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18742646CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE DATA PROTECTIONJune 2024November 2025Allow1700YesNo
18735068Storage Agnostic Large Scale Permissions And Access AnalyticsJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18731690CHARTER-BASED ACCESS CONTROLS FOR MANAGING COMPUTER RESOURCESJune 2024December 2025Allow1810YesNo
18679347HOSTED EMAIL AUTHENTICATIONMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18713457IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO CRYPTOGRAPHYMay 2024September 2025Allow1600YesNo
18660676DELIVERING STANDALONE NON-PUBLIC NETWORK (SNPN) CREDENTIALS FROM AN ENTERPRISE AUTHENTICATION SERVER TO A USER EQUIPMENT OVER EXTENSIBLE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL (EAP)May 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18655094SECURELY ISOLATING ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED DIGITAL IDENTIFIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A USER WHEN ACCESSING A DIGITAL SERVICEMay 2024February 2025Allow910YesNo
18641988TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE FAST ROAMING BETWEEN A MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR PUBLIC WIRELESS WIDE AREA ACCESS NETWORK AND AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE WIRELESS WIDE AREA ACCESS NETWORKApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18699138Determining a Subset of Base Stations in a Wireless NetworkApril 2024March 2026Allow2400YesNo
18617054Spurious Less Data Authentication by Method Mesh Engineering Using Digital GenAI With Proof of Digital Manipulation (PODM)March 2024July 2025Allow1600YesNo
18688535INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ASSIGNMENT AND SECURE TRAFFIC FOR NETWORK ELEMENTS DEPLOYED OVER UNTRUSTED TRANSPORT NETWORKMarch 2024November 2025Allow2110NoNo
18435148COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CORE NETWORK DEVICE, CORE NETWORK NODE, NETWORK NODE, AND KEY DERIVING METHODFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18431560MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOCAL LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL USER AUTHENTICATIONFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2510NoNo
18429215BI-DIRECTIONAL DATA SHARING BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CLOUDSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18414421AUTHENTICATED INTERFACE ELEMENT INTERACTIONSJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1921YesNo
18402439EFFICIENT COMMON STORAGE OF PARTIALLY ENCRYPTED CONTENTJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2020NoNo
18541374Methods and Systems for Connecting Physical Objects to Digital CommunicationsDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110YesNo
18538418SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A SECURE DEVICEDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18533124DIGITAL-ASSET AUTHENTICATION WITH ANONYMITYDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18525146SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-FACTOR LOCATION-BASED DEVICE VERIFICATIONNovember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18521589ROW-LEVEL SECURITYNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18489604WEB BROWSER GENERATION OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIERSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18380306HOSTED EMAIL AUTHENTICATIONOctober 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18483400Verification of Access PermissionsOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720YesNo
18479865RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING MODIFIED INSTANCES OF CORRESPONDING RECORDS IN MEMORYOctober 2023November 2023Allow100YesNo
18465800SYSTEM FOR DELEGATION BASED ON DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY AND METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2023November 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18461580BIOS Method for Securing and Protecting End Point with Ownership InformationSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010YesNo
18237215SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CLIENT AUTHENTICATIONAugust 2023September 2025Allow2520YesNo
18362319HVAC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18358569DELIVERING STANDALONE NON-PUBLIC NETWORK (SNPN) CREDENTIALS FROM AN ENTERPRISE AUTHENTICATION SERVER TO A USER EQUIPMENT OVER EXTENSIBLE AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL (EAP)July 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18355634WEBPAGE INTEGRITY MONITORINGJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18222048SECURELY ISOLATING ONE OR MORE QUALIFIED DIGITAL IDENTIFIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A USER WHEN ACCESSING A DIGITAL SERVICEJuly 2023February 2024Allow720YesNo
18221245Method and System For Device Access ControlJuly 2023December 2025Abandon2920YesNo
18349000MULTI-TRANSFER RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING MODIFIED INSTANCES OF CORRESPONDING RECORDS IN MEMORYJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110YesNo
18341935ROW-LEVEL SECURITYJune 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
18209468SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ASSOCIATION AND AUTHENTICATION FOR MULTI ACCESS POINT COORDINATIONJune 2023March 2025Allow2130YesNo
18206135CALL LOCATION BASED ACCESS CONTROL OF QUERY TO DATABASEJune 2023May 2025Allow2340YesNo
18327273TAMPER RESISTANT MODULE FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18325388TWO-WAY DATA SHARING BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CLOUDSMay 2023November 2023Allow610YesNo
18325813CHARTER-BASED ACCESS CONTROLS FOR MANAGING COMPUTER RESOURCESMay 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18318268TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE FAST ROAMING BETWEEN A MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR PUBLIC WIRELESS WIDE AREA ACCESS NETWORK AND AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE WIRELESS WIDE AREA ACCESS NETWORKMay 2023March 2024Allow1010YesNo
18144013METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS WITH AUTHENTICATED MEMORY DEVICE ACCESS TRANSACTIONSMay 2023November 2025Allow3100NoNo
18142306SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-DEVICE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATIONMay 2023November 2023Allow700YesNo
18132536Universal Digital Identity Authentication ServiceApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18119531Utilizing a High Generation Cellular Network to Authorize an EventMarch 2023July 2023Allow400YesNo
18115471SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION IN A MICROSERVICE SYSTEMFebruary 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18022610PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROGRAM IS STOREDFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510YesNo
18168620DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DATA SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2023October 2025Abandon3210NoNo
18107945DELEGATED DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM RESPONDER FOR EMAILSFebruary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
18165701ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING PROFILE TRANSFER BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2900NoNo
18105599SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF MALICIOUS INTERACTIONS IN A COMPUTER NETWORKFebruary 2023July 2023Allow510NoNo
18162583DATA STORAGE DEVICE PERFORMING DATA PROTECTION AND HOST DEVICE SUPPORTING A DATA PROTECTION FUNCTION USING A PROGRAM CONTEXTJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3431YesNo
18158270Computing System and Method for Verification of Access PermissionsJanuary 2023May 2023Allow400NoNo
18095799DATA BROKERJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800YesNo
18088508Method and Apparatus for Providing an Adaptable Security Level in an Electronic CommunicationDecember 2022September 2023Allow820NoNo
18145230Expedited Authorization and Access ManagementDecember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
18070241KEY NEGOTIATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMNovember 2022February 2026Allow3820NoNo
17984897EFFICIENT COMMON STORAGE OF PARTIALLY ENCRYPTED CONTENTNovember 2022September 2023Allow1120YesNo
18051316WEBPAGE INTEGRITY MONITORINGOctober 2022January 2025Abandon2740NoNo
17966309Transaction AuthenticationOctober 2022June 2023Allow810YesNo
18046065ENDPOINT SECURITY SYNCHRONIZATIONOctober 2022March 2025Allow3010YesNo
17936681ROW-LEVEL SECURITYSeptember 2022March 2023Allow610NoNo
17950377Utilizing a High Generation Cellular Network to Authorize an EventSeptember 2022January 2023Allow400NoNo
17951063QUICK RESPONSE CODES FOR DATA TRANSFERSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710YesNo
17947759EFFICIENT AND SECURE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810YesNo
17929486MULTI-TRANSFER RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING MODIFIED INSTANCES OF CORRESPONDING RECORDS IN MEMORYSeptember 2022April 2023Allow720YesNo
17801690SECURITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17801524PRIVACY PRESERVING VERIFICATION OF USER DATAAugust 2022June 2025Allow3320YesNo
17801162METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATING DEVICES USING 3GPP NETWORK ACCESS CREDENTIALS FOR PROVIDING MEC SERVICESAugust 2022July 2024Allow2300YesNo
17798807Method and Intelligent Apparatus for Calling Permission Verification of Protected Intelligent ApplicationAugust 2022September 2024Allow2600YesNo
17883366VIRTUAL ID AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710YesNo
17882745SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-FACTOR LOCATION-BASED DEVICE VERIFICATIONAugust 2022October 2023Allow1400YesNo
17880215PROCESSING METHOD AND CIRCUIT OF KEY DERIVATION BASED ON HMACAugust 2022March 2026Abandon4340NoNo
17797221METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIVACY PRESERVING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BASED ON AGGREGATING MASKED VECTORS FROM LOCAL PARTIESAugust 2022July 2025Allow3510NoNo
17875987PRIVATE VERTICAL FEDERATED LEARNINGJuly 2022September 2024Allow2510YesNo
17872266CONSENT CONVERSION OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODSJuly 2022December 2025Allow4130NoYes
17794366ANALYSIS SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2022February 2026Abandon4340NoNo
17813845DEVICE AUTHENTICATION AND NETWORK FUNCTION REGISTRATION AND DISCOVERY FOR 5G VERTICAL NETWORKSJuly 2022February 2025Allow3100NoNo
17865985SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING, MANAGING, VERIFYING, AND ACCREDITING DIGITAL DATAJuly 2022February 2025Allow3140YesNo
17858919COMPACT CLOUD ACCESS NETWORK BASED ON ROLE-TO-RESOURCE DETECTION WITH RESOURCE STATE CHANGE TRACKING AND PROVENANCEJuly 2022June 2023Abandon1120YesNo
17857544CONTEXT-BASED ENTROPY MANAGEMENTJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310YesNo
17790534SECURE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION COMPUTATION SYSTEM, SECURE EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION COMPUTATION METHOD, SECURE COMPUTATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMJuly 2022November 2025Abandon4140YesNo
17809021DYNAMICALLY FEDERATED DATA BREACH DETECTIONJune 2022February 2024Allow2000YesNo
17788352METHOD FOR SECURELY AND PRIVATELY SHARING USER DATA ITEMS WITH THIRD PARTIESJune 2022September 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17807840WEBPAGE INTEGRITY MONITORINGJune 2022July 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17828731MULTI-TRANSFER RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING MODIFIED INSTANCES OF CORRESPONDING RECORDS IN MEMORYMay 2022July 2022Allow200YesNo
17751362SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VALIDATE A RENDERED OBJECT USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENSMay 2022November 2024Allow3020YesNo
17778507PROTECTED RESETTING OF AN IOT DEVICEMay 2022May 2024Allow2410NoNo
17777319METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER ON A NETWORK SLICEMay 2022October 2024Allow2910YesNo
17745449PREVENTION OF TOKEN AUTHENTICATION REPLAY ATTACKS SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2022April 2023Allow1110YesNo
17741051COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMay 2022August 2025Allow3930NoNo
17662583SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PHISHING-DOMAINS IN A SET OF DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) RECORDSMay 2022May 2024Allow2400YesNo
17661089ROW-LEVEL SECURITYApril 2022June 2022Allow200NoNo
17683706TAMPER RESISTANT MODULE FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2023Allow1200YesNo
17652684Authentication System for Computer Accessing a Remote ServerFebruary 2022March 2026Abandon4840NoYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SCHMIDT, KARI L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
36
Examiner Affirmed
24
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
12
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
51.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
114
Allowed After Appeal Filing
36
(31.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
78
(68.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
48.4%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 31.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner SCHMIDT, KARI L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SCHMIDT, KARI L works in Art Unit 2439 and has examined 733 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SCHMIDT, KARI L's allowance rate of 75.4% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SCHMIDT, KARI L receive 2.71 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 80% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SCHMIDT, KARI L is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +43.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SCHMIDT, KARI L. This interview benefit is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 24.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 80.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 69.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.8% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 29.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 72% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 18% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.