Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Aclara Meters LLC

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Aclara Meters LLC has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The company's current prosecution activity is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused approach to its current intellectual property development in the semiconductor space.

MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. With only 1 pending action in the portfolio, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's current pending workload at the office. For a practitioner, this means that the prosecution strategy is concentrated on 1 point of contact. The outcome of the company's current efforts depends on the interaction with this 1 examiner and the specific standards of the 1 art unit involved.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

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
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W 1 81.4% +25.6%

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
18541290 SENSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICITY METER ASSEMBLY MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18541290 SENSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICITY METER ASSEMBLY MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18541290 SENSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICITY METER ASSEMBLY MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W 2855 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Aclara Meters LLC have?

Aclara Meters LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Aclara Meters LLC applications?

Anthony W Megna Fuentes has the most, with 1 of Aclara Meters LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Aclara Meters LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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