Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat

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

10 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat has 1,740 career applications and 10 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The application history provides broad activity context, while the current docket reflects ongoing prosecution for this client-specific technology grouping.

The firm reports a resolved allowance rate of 92.55% and an average of 2.5 office actions per allowance. The allowance rate addresses resolved outcomes, and the average addresses examination effort for allowed matters. Practitioners can use both measures when planning transportation-related prosecution, while separately evaluating the technical features and procedural status of the open applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1740 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1740
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1740
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1094
-0.46σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1094
851 days
Time to Allowance
n=1094
+2.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1740
16.6%
RCE Rate
n=1740
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1740

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.6%
§101 Overcome
n=31
82.1%
§102 Overcome
n=541
82.4%
§103 Overcome
n=681
86.4%
§112 Overcome
n=425

Specialization & Scale

H01R, B62M, B62D
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1740
6
Practitioners
n=1740
290.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1740

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (30%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

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
10
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 1 72.0% +26.8%
ENGLISH, JAMES A 1 80.9% +8.1%
SHABARA, HOSAM 1 82.7% +16.2%
BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 1 79.2% +13.4%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.0% +14.3%
WILHELM, TIMOTHY 1 78.6% +12.0%
BELLINGER, JASON R 1 70.0% +18.7%
KWON, JOHN 1 85.5% -4.3%
CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN 1 78.1% +27.9%
GABLER, PHILIP F 1 72.9% +23.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19240654 OFF ROAD VEHICLE ENGLISH, JAMES A —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 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 —
18978273 SNOW VEHICLE SHABARA, HOSAM —
18802195 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE —
18583801 HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES WILHELM, TIMOTHY —
18085337 SEAT ADAPTER, SEAT ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF GABLER, PHILIP F —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18197941 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN 33d
19243281 Cooling Systems for Snowmobiles HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC —
18978273 SNOW VEHICLE SHABARA, HOSAM —
18802195 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE —
18669805 Steering Systems for Snowmobiles BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M —
18583801 HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES WILHELM, TIMOTHY —
18085337 SEAT ADAPTER, SEAT ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF GABLER, PHILIP F —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Arctic Cat 10

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37472
36182
36112
36141
36171
36151
36361

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19243281 Cooling Systems for Snowmobiles Arctic Cat Inc. HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 3747 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2025
19240654 OFF ROAD VEHICLE Arctic Cat Inc. ENGLISH, JAMES A 3614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
18978273 SNOW VEHICLE Arctic Cat Inc. SHABARA, HOSAM 3618 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18802195 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE Arctic Cat Inc. BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18669805 Steering Systems for Snowmobiles Arctic Cat Inc. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending May 21, 2024
18583801 HITCH ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES Arctic Cat Inc. WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3617 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18377110 WEAR STRIP WITH INSERTS FOR TRACKED VEHICLES Arctic Cat Inc. BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103§112 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18230945 EXHAUST VALVE CONTROLLER FOR TWO-STROKE ENGINES Arctic Cat Inc. KWON, JOHN 3747 Other Non-Final OA 190d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18197941 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE Arctic Cat Inc. CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 16, 2023
18085337 SEAT ADAPTER, SEAT ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Arctic Cat Inc. GABLER, PHILIP F 3636 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat's patent allowance rate?

92.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat were allowed, across 1,740 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat average before allowance?

2.50 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Billion & Armitage - Arctic Cat have?

10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 10 examiners in 7 art units.

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