Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Merchant & Gould P.C. - Polaris

19 pending office actions • 1 client • 18 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=160 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.9%
Allowance Rate
n=160
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=160
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=74
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=74
975 days
Time to Allowance
n=74
-3.1pp
Interview Lift
n=160
42.3%
RCE Rate
n=160
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=160

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=1 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
62.0%
§103 Overcome
n=71
§112 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

B62D, B62M, B60K
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=160
0
Practitioners
n=160
Apps / Practitioner
n=160 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
16
Medium (84%)
2
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (79%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only2 (11%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
63% of docket
5
Business / Other
26% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAILE, BENYAM 2 61.9% +24.3%
BAILEY, JOHN D 1 78.5% +17.0%
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.8% +12.2%
HANNAN, B M M 1 82.1% +17.9%
ANWARI, MACEEH 1 81.2% +5.4%
BROWN, DREW J 1 89.6% +5.7%
ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 1 66.7% +11.4%
KHONG, ALEXANDER 1 84.1% +27.9%
ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 1 56.4% +46.6%
DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA 1 38.8% +36.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18711215 VEHICLE SMART TAG KHONG, ALEXANDER 6d
19202732 HAPTIC INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES HANNAN, B M M
18904074 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE INTERACTIVE TELEMETRY, MAPPING, AND TRIP PLANNING SYSTEM ANWARI, MACEEH
18817688 FLAPPER PINTLE HITCH BROWN, DREW J

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
18711215 VEHICLE SMART TAG KHONG, ALEXANDER 6d
19267133 AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CONTROL BAILEY, JOHN D
19259186 SNOWMOBILE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM JOHNSON, VICKY A
19202732 HAPTIC INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES HANNAN, B M M
19033693 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING HAILE, BENYAM
18804701 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING HAILE, BENYAM
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

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Polaris 19

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36672
36112
36171
36631
26881
36571
21681
36231
39931
36281

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19267133 AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CONTROL Polaris Industries Inc. BAILEY, JOHN D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2025
19259186 SNOWMOBILE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM Polaris Industries Inc. JOHNSON, VICKY A 3617 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2025
19202732 HAPTIC INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Polaris Industries Inc. HANNAN, B M M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19033693 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING Polaris Industries Inc. HAILE, BENYAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
18904074 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE INTERACTIVE TELEMETRY, MAPPING, AND TRIP PLANNING SYSTEM Polaris Industries Inc. ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 01, 2024
18817688 FLAPPER PINTLE HITCH Polaris Industries Inc. BROWN, DREW J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18804701 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING Polaris Industries Inc. HAILE, BENYAM 2688 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18678149 MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TASKS WITH A LOCATION-AWARE VEHICLE Polaris Industries Inc. ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18711215 VEHICLE SMART TAG Polaris Industries Inc. KHONG, ALEXANDER 2168 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 17, 2024
18663347 AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CONTROL Polaris Industries Inc. ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2024
18416365 VEHICLE SERVICE SCHEDULING Polaris Industries Inc. DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA 3623 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2024
18411557 System For Attaching Accessories To A Snowmobile Polaris Industries Inc. ENGLISH, PETER C 3993 §112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18543108 DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM Polaris Industries Inc. CLARE, MARK C 3628 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18378420 VEHICLE PROCESSING AND CONNECTIVITY Polaris Industries Inc. CHOU, SHIEN MING 3667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18211705 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED STORAGE FOR A VEHICLE Polaris Industries Inc. STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18203347 SNOW VEHICLE Polaris Industries Inc. WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 30, 2023
18124807 ELECTRIC ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE Polaris Industries Inc. MEYER, JACOB B 3613 Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2023
17564390 Multi-Piece Tunnel For A Snow Vehicle Polaris Industries Inc. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2021
16156548 TEMPERATURE SENSING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Polaris Industries Inc. NORTON, JOHN J 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2018

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