Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
2 pending office actions • 0 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. has 2 pending office actions. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for a pending matter. Robert Canfield is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This 1 action accounts for a portion of the 2 total pending actions currently facing the organization. The 2 distinct examiners bring separate perspectives to the filings, requiring the applicant to tailor responses to each individual official.
There are 0 distinct art units reported for these 2 pending office actions, suggesting the workload is handled without being associated with multiple administrative divisions. With 0 distinct art units, the administrative focus remains on the individual examiners rather than multiple technical groups. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific requirements of Robert Canfield and the other examiner involved to ensure that the 2 pending office actions are addressed effectively. The 1 pending office action under Robert Canfield is a key component of this small portfolio, and the 0 distinct art units indicate a unique administrative profile.
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% | +18.1% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
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 | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18999886 | WEAR GUARD FOR WOOD POLE FALL PROTECTION DEVICE | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18737397 | POLE CLIMBING FALL RESTRICTION ASSEMBLY | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
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