Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days
MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. - Polaris demonstrates a specific performance profile in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. With 175 career applications, the firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 95.4 percent. This rate indicates the firm's current success in securing patent grants for their clients.
The firm averages 3.11 office actions per allowance, which provides a benchmark for the expected duration of prosecution. Currently, the firm is managing 7 pending office actions. This workload is small compared to the 175 career applications. Practitioners can use the 3.11 average office actions per allowance to set client expectations for the timeline of these outstanding matters. The 95.4 percent resolved allowance rate remains the primary success metric for this portfolio. This experience informs the handling of the 7 pending office actions currently in the queue. The firm's long-term engagement with the patent office is reflected in these comprehensive metrics.
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 | 4 (36%) |
| §103 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (55%) |
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 | 61.6% | +24.6% |
| KNUTSON, JACOB D | 1 | 79.6% | +20.5% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
| ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE | 1 | 72.7% | +12.1% |
| KHONG, ALEXANDER | 1 | 84.1% | +27.8% |
| ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 1 | 57.7% | +38.5% |
| ELARABI, TAREK A | 1 | 69.5% | +36.3% |
| DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 1 | 38.7% | +36.1% |
| CLARE, MARK C | 1 | 14.2% | +19.9% |
| MILLS JR., JOE E | 1 | 72.4% | +15.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711215 | VEHICLE SMART TAG | KHONG, ALEXANDER | 6d |
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 | — |
| 18725540 | ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18678149 | MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TASKS WITH A LOCATION-AWARE VEHICLE | ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
| 19169707 | SNOWMOBILE | KNUTSON, JACOB D | — |
| 19033693 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 18804701 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | HAILE, BENYAM | — |
| 18725540 | ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18678149 | MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TASKS WITH A LOCATION-AWARE VEHICLE | ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE | — |
| 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 | 1 |
| 3657 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19169707 | SNOWMOBILE | Polaris Industries Inc. | KNUTSON, JACOB D | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 | |
| 19033693 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING | Polaris Industries Inc. | HAILE, BENYAM | §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 |
| 18725540 | ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE | Polaris Industries Inc. | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| 18678149 | MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TASKS WITH A LOCATION-AWARE VEHICLE | Polaris Industries Inc. | ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE | 3657 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 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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