Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Polestar Performance AB

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Polestar Performance AB has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 examiners across 3 art units, so examiner-specific work is required while some technical assignments may be shared.

HA, STEVEN S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has more than 1 pending matter in the supplied profile, which limits the value of a single examiner-centered strategy and favors matter-by-matter review.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HA, STEVEN S 1 70.4% +29.6%
WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 1 78.7% +14.2%
LANE, NICHOLAS J 1 65.8% +6.9%
ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 1 69.0% +6.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18686360 ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY BUS BAR TEMPERATURE REGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HA, STEVEN S —
18440770 BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WILLIAMS, THOMAS J —
18066566 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BURST VALVE BATTERY CELL VENTILATION ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18686360 ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY BUS BAR TEMPERATURE REGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HA, STEVEN S —
18440770 BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WILLIAMS, THOMAS J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3616 2
1735 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18686360 ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY BUS BAR TEMPERATURE REGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HA, STEVEN S 1735 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18440770 BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 3616 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2024
18554410 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAR BRAKE COOLING LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18066566 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BURST VALVE BATTERY CELL VENTILATION ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 1725 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Polestar Performance AB have?

Polestar Performance AB has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Polestar Performance AB applications?

Steven S Ha has the most, with 1 of Polestar Performance AB's pending office actions.

What technology area are Polestar Performance AB's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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