Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Polaris Industries Inc.

24 pending office actions • 17 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 87 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
6
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

1
Hard (4%)
19
Medium (79%)
4
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only19 (79%)
§112 only4 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
79% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 2 55.9% +41.4%
O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 1 79.4% +23.7%
TO, TOAN C 1 91.6% -3.7%
WONG, YUEN H 1 82.7% +31.9%
TRAN, LONG T 1 83.1% +13.8%
JIN, GEORGE C. 1 84.3% +12.7%
BADAWI, MEDHAT 1 81.6% +12.9%
ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 1 66.7% +42.9%
KHONG, ALEXANDER 1 84.2% +27.8%
ENGLISH, JAMES A 1 81.0% +8.4%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18641590 UTILITY VEHICLE ENGLISH, JAMES A 50d overdue
18829576 DRONE INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLE BADAWI, MEDHAT 44d overdue
18913137 DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION JIN, GEORGE C. 5d
18711215 VEHICLE SMART TAG KHONG, ALEXANDER 6d
19064339 VEHICLE HAVING ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION AND REBOUND DAMPING TO, TOAN C 35d
18966595 ENGINE TRAN, LONG T 83d

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18972174 CONVERTIBLE RECREATIONAL SIT-DOWN TO STAND-UP VEHICLE WONG, YUEN H 46d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18829576 DRONE INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLE BADAWI, MEDHAT 44d overdue
18408035 THRUSTER SYSTEM FOR A WATERCRAFT TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 17d overdue
18913137 DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION JIN, GEORGE C. 5d
18711215 VEHICLE SMART TAG KHONG, ALEXANDER 6d
19074562 VEHICLE O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 9d
18972174 CONVERTIBLE RECREATIONAL SIT-DOWN TO STAND-UP VEHICLE WONG, YUEN H 46d
18533484 BOAT WITH BATTERY SUSPENSION SYSTEM TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 71d
18966595 ENGINE TRAN, LONG T 83d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3614 4
3642 3
3747 2
3615 2
3667 1
3657 1
2168 1
3734 1
3993 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19074562 VEHICLE O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 3614 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 10, 2025
19064339 VEHICLE HAVING ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION AND REBOUND DAMPING TO, TOAN C 3614 §112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 26, 2025
18972174 CONVERTIBLE RECREATIONAL SIT-DOWN TO STAND-UP VEHICLE WONG, YUEN H 3667 §101 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18966595 ENGINE TRAN, LONG T 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 03, 2024
18913137 DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION JIN, GEORGE C. 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18829576 DRONE INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLE BADAWI, MEDHAT 3642 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18678149 MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TASKS WITH A LOCATION-AWARE VEHICLE ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18711215 VEHICLE SMART TAG KHONG, ALEXANDER 2168 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 17, 2024
18641590 UTILITY VEHICLE ENGLISH, JAMES A 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18618253 Devices For Attachment To A Utility Vehicle HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18411557 System For Attaching Accessories To A Snowmobile ENGLISH, PETER C 3993 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18408035 THRUSTER SYSTEM FOR A WATERCRAFT TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18406710 BOAT SEATING STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18399998 MODULAR WINCH ARCHITECTURE AND CONTROL SYSTEM ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 3654 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18533484 BOAT WITH BATTERY SUSPENSION SYSTEM TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18531779 POCKET STYLE FOLDING BOAT LADDER ASSEMBLY HAYES, JOVON E 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18240807 VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM JIANG, YONG HANG 2689 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18449109 SWIVEL PLOW FEET MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2023
18219258 AUTONOMOUS-READY VEHICLE AZHAR, ARSLAN 3656 §112 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18211705 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED STORAGE FOR A VEHICLE STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18203347 SNOW VEHICLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 30, 2023
18094352 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION MCDANIEL, TYNESE V 2859 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jan 07, 2023
18089953 THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y 3614 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 28, 2022
17025478 Tire Construction For Vehicle Towing LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2020

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