Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Arctic Cat Inc.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

16 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

9
Hard (56%)
5
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (25%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (56%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
94% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 2 79.1% +13.4%
HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 1 72.2% +26.6%
ENGLISH, JAMES A 1 81.0% +8.0%
CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS 1 83.3% +27.8%
HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 1 82.8% +19.8%
HANNON, TIMOTHY 1 81.5% +11.9%
JIN, GEORGE C. 1 84.2% +13.2%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.0% +14.1%
PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 1 68.9% +22.1%
BELLINGER, JASON R 1 70.0% +18.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19240654 OFF ROAD VEHICLE ENGLISH, JAMES A —
18780261 Reversible Drop Case Assemblies for Snowmobiles HYMEL, ABIGAIL R —

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18377110 WEAR STRIP WITH INSERTS FOR TRACKED VEHICLES BELLINGER, JASON R 113d overdue
19243281 Cooling Systems for Snowmobiles HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC —
18939301 Locking Hinge Assemblies for Use on Vehicles CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS —
18802195 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE —
18751798 Engine Configurations for Snowmobiles HANNON, TIMOTHY —
18670693 ENGINE ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES JIN, GEORGE C. —
18426148 DUCT VALVE FOR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IN OFF-ROAD VEHICLES PRICE, CRAIG JAMES —
18085337 SEAT ADAPTER, SEAT ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF GABLER, PHILIP F —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18377110 WEAR STRIP WITH INSERTS FOR TRACKED VEHICLES BELLINGER, JASON R 113d overdue
19243281 Cooling Systems for Snowmobiles HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC —
18939301 Locking Hinge Assemblies for Use on Vehicles CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS —
18802195 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE —
18780261 Reversible Drop Case Assemblies for Snowmobiles HYMEL, ABIGAIL R —
18751798 Engine Configurations for Snowmobiles HANNON, TIMOTHY —
18670693 ENGINE ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES JIN, GEORGE C. —
18669805 Steering Systems for Snowmobiles BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3611 4
3747 3
3614 1
3655 1
3753 1
3615 1
3618 1
3617 1
3636 1
3613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19243281 Cooling Systems for Snowmobiles HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 3747 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2025
19240654 OFF ROAD VEHICLE ENGLISH, JAMES A 3614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
18939301 Locking Hinge Assemblies for Use on Vehicles CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18802195 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18780261 Reversible Drop Case Assemblies for Snowmobiles HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 3611 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18751798 Engine Configurations for Snowmobiles HANNON, TIMOTHY 3655 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18670693 ENGINE ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES JIN, GEORGE C. 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18669805 Steering Systems for Snowmobiles BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending May 21, 2024
18630130 SNOW VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18426148 DUCT VALVE FOR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY IN OFF-ROAD VEHICLES PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18377110 WEAR STRIP WITH INSERTS FOR TRACKED VEHICLES BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103§112 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18230945 EXHAUST VALVE CONTROLLER FOR TWO-STROKE ENGINES KWON, JOHN 3747 Other Non-Final OA 190d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18197941 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 16, 2023
18089126 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE TOE STOP, TOE STOP ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
18085337 SEAT ADAPTER, SEAT ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF GABLER, PHILIP F 3636 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2022
17984050 AIR INTAKE FOR SNOWMOBILE FRICK, EMMA K 3613 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2022

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