Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Werner Co. has 8 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 4 examiners across 2 art units, and PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER is the busiest examiner with 3 pending actions.
The docket shows meaningful concentration among a small examiner group and across two art units. A coordinated strategy may help address recurring mechanical issues, particularly in matters assigned to the busiest examiner. Counsel should still distinguish claim-specific concerns before carrying arguments from one application to another.
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.
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 | 3 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3 | 50.0% | +21.4% |
| CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 2 | 57.4% | +40.2% |
| MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 2 | 62.5% | +64.0% |
| CANFIELD, ROBERT | 1 | 76.0% | +18.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18637910 | LADDER COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 40d |
| 18979296 | LADDER, LADDER TOP AND LADDER TOP ACCESSORY | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
| 18823405 | LADDER AND A LADDER RUNG | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 18634391 | Extension Ladder Accessory | 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18637910 | LADDER COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 40d |
| 18979296 | LADDER, LADDER TOP AND LADDER TOP ACCESSORY | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
| 18933518 | EXTENSION LADDER WITH GROOVE BOX RAILS AND METHOD | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 18823405 | LADDER AND A LADDER RUNG | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 18758400 | PLATFORM WITH HANDLE | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — |
| 18634391 | Extension Ladder Accessory | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18389482 | MULTIPURPOSE LADDER AND METHOD | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — |
| 18380991 | RUNG WITH A FLARED BEADED JOINT | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 6 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979296 | LADDER, LADDER TOP AND LADDER TOP ACCESSORY | CANFIELD, ROBERT | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18933518 | EXTENSION LADDER WITH GROOVE BOX RAILS AND METHOD | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18823405 | LADDER AND A LADDER RUNG | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18758400 | PLATFORM WITH HANDLE | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3634 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18637910 | LADDER COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18634391 | Extension Ladder Accessory | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18389482 | MULTIPURPOSE LADDER AND METHOD | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 3634 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18380991 | RUNG WITH A FLARED BEADED JOINT | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWerner Co. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Benjamin Alexander Pezzlo has the most, with 3 of Werner Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
