Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. - Polaris prosecutes applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Its record contains 185 career applications and 11 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate is 95.83%, indicating that resolved matters have generally produced favorable outcomes.
Allowances required an average of 3.02 office actions. That figure suggests meaningful examiner interaction without obscuring the strong allowance result. The combination of a focused docket and high resolved allowance rate may be relevant when assessing counsel for related mechanical or transportation technologies.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 2 (18%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAILE, BENYAM | 2 | 61.7% | +24.6% |
| JOHNSON, VICKY A | 1 | 80.1% | +12.1% |
| BAILEY, JOHN D | 1 | 79.2% | +16.7% |
| KNUTSON, JACOB D | 1 | 79.7% | +20.5% |
| KHONG, ALEXANDER | 1 | 84.2% | +27.8% |
| ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 1 | 57.4% | +35.5% |
| ELARABI, TAREK A | 1 | 69.2% | +37.8% |
| DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 1 | 38.7% | +35.6% |
| CLARE, MARK C | 1 | 14.1% | +19.9% |
| MILLS JR., JOE E | 1 | 72.0% | +15.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711215 | VEHICLE SMART TAG | KHONG, ALEXANDER | 6d |
| 19338483 | THROTTLE ACTUATOR POSITION VERIFICATION | JOHNSON, VICKY A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19169707 | SNOWMOBILE | KNUTSON, JACOB D | — |
| 19033693 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 18804701 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 18663347 | AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CONTROL | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — |
| 18657978 | SECURE MULTI-BUS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES | ELARABI, TAREK A | — |
| 18416365 | VEHICLE SERVICE SCHEDULING | DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | — |
| 18543108 | DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM | CLARE, MARK C | — |
| 17844303 | Recreational Vehicles With Heated Steering Components | MILLS JR., JOE E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711215 | VEHICLE SMART TAG | KHONG, ALEXANDER | 6d |
| 19338483 | THROTTLE ACTUATOR POSITION VERIFICATION | JOHNSON, VICKY A | — |
| 19267133 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CONTROL | BAILEY, JOHN D | — |
| 19169707 | SNOWMOBILE | KNUTSON, JACOB D | — |
| 19033693 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 18804701 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 18663347 | AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CONTROL | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — |
| 18657978 | SECURE MULTI-BUS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES | ELARABI, TAREK A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Polaris | 11 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2688 | 2 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19338483 | THROTTLE ACTUATOR POSITION VERIFICATION | Polaris Industries Inc. | JOHNSON, VICKY A | 3617 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19267133 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CONTROL | Polaris Industries Inc. | BAILEY, JOHN D | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19169707 | SNOWMOBILE | Polaris Industries Inc. | KNUTSON, JACOB D | 3611 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19033693 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | Polaris Industries Inc. | HAILE, BENYAM | 2688 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18804701 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | Polaris Industries Inc. | HAILE, BENYAM | 2688 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18711215 | VEHICLE SMART TAG | Polaris Industries Inc. | KHONG, ALEXANDER | 2168 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18663347 | AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CONTROL | Polaris Industries Inc. | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 3667 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18657978 | SECURE MULTI-BUS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES | Polaris Industries Inc. | ELARABI, TAREK A | 3661 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18416365 | VEHICLE SERVICE SCHEDULING | Polaris Industries Inc. | DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 3623 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18543108 | DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM | Polaris Industries Inc. | CLARE, MARK C | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 17844303 | Recreational Vehicles With Heated Steering Components | Polaris Industries Inc. | MILLS JR., JOE E | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial95.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Merchant & Gould P.C. - Polaris were allowed, across 185 applications in USPTO records.
3.02 office actions per allowed application on average.
11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 10 examiners in 10 art units.
