Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Buckingham Manufacturing Company Inc. is currently prosecuting 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio is split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that each pending matter is being handled independently by different personnel and departments within the USPTO. This structure ensures that the company's intellectual property strategy is not overly dependent on a single individual's perspective.
CANFIELD, ROBERT is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action under review. This 1 action constitutes a portion of the 2 total pending office actions for the company. By having 2 distinct art units involved, the company avoids having its entire pending portfolio subject to the specific examination trends of a single group. This distribution across 2 examiners ensures that the outcome of one application does not necessarily dictate the path of the other.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions suggests a decentralized approach to prosecution. This strategy allows the company to engage with different perspectives within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. With the workload divided, the company's success is not tied to a single individual, providing a more resilient prosecution profile. CANFIELD, ROBERT handles the busiest_examiner_pending count of 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANFIELD, ROBERT | 1 | 76.0% | +18.0% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 50.0% | +21.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737397 | POLE CLIMBING FALL RESTRICTION ASSEMBLY | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999886 | WEAR GUARD FOR WOOD POLE FALL PROTECTION DEVICE | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
| 18737397 | POLE CLIMBING FALL RESTRICTION ASSEMBLY | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18999886 | WEAR GUARD FOR WOOD POLE FALL PROTECTION DEVICE | CANFIELD, ROBERT | 3636 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18737397 | POLE CLIMBING FALL RESTRICTION ASSEMBLY | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBuckingham Manufacturing Company Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Robert Canfield has the most, with 1 of Buckingham Manufacturing Company Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
