Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Arctic Cat Inc.

19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

10
Hard (53%)
7
Medium (37%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (32%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (53%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

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
17
Mechanical / Eng
89% of docket
2
Business / Other
11% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 2 78.7% +12.9%
LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 1 80.0% +15.9%
CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS 1 82.1% +31.3%
HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 1 83.1% +18.5%
HANNON, TIMOTHY 1 81.6% +11.7%
JIN, GEORGE C. 1 84.1% +13.0%
WILHELM, TIMOTHY 1 78.6% +11.8%
THOMAS, JASMINE JAMES 1
PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 1 68.7% +22.1%
RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 1 87.9% +10.4%

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
18780261 Reversible Drop Case Assemblies for Snowmobiles HYMEL, ABIGAIL R
18411902 Braking Systems for Snowmobiles RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA

Hard Cases (10)

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
18114686 DRIVE CONFIGURATION FOR VEHICLE MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 85d
19236936 Air Intake Vibration Isolation Systems for Vehicles LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY
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.
18583801 HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES WILHELM, TIMOTHY
18437807 SEAT SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLE THOMAS, JASMINE JAMES

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
19236936 Air Intake Vibration Isolation Systems for Vehicles LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY
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.
18630130 SNOW VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE
18583801 HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES WILHELM, TIMOTHY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3611 6
3747 2
3617 2
3612 2
3655 1
3753 1
3616 1
3615 1
3613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236936 Air Intake Vibration Isolation Systems for Vehicles LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 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
18630130 SNOW VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18583801 HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3617 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18437807 SEAT SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLE THOMAS, JASMINE JAMES 3612 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 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
18411902 Braking Systems for Snowmobiles RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18377110 WEAR STRIP WITH INSERTS FOR TRACKED VEHICLES BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103 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
18114686 DRIVE CONFIGURATION FOR VEHICLE MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Feb 27, 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
18086721 COMPOSITE RUNNING BOARD STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 22, 2022
18085068 CLUTCH GUARD WITH INTEGRATED TORQUE CONTROL LINK WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022
18084868 REMOVABLE SEAT ASSEMBLY SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 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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