Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aclara Technologies LLC manages 10 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 10 distinct examiners, which means that every pending action is assigned to a different individual.
CHRISTOPHER JAY CLARK is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending action. Since there are 10 distinct examiners for 10 pending office actions, the workload is perfectly fragmented among the examiners. This lack of concentration suggests that no single examiner's habits will dominate the outcome of the cases.
The distribution across 8 distinct art units indicates that while the examiners are all different, there is some departmental overlap. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate 10 different examiner styles while potentially encountering similar art unit trends across the 8 distinct art units involved in the prosecution. The busiest examiner, CLARK, manages only 1 of these cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 1 | 75.8% | +22.9% |
| LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H | 1 | 73.2% | +23.0% |
| BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 1 | 78.2% | +17.2% |
| ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 1 | 86.4% | -5.0% |
| KENDALL, CHUCK O | 1 | 86.7% | +8.1% |
| PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 1 | 86.4% | +8.6% |
| JAVAID, JAMAL | 1 | 88.5% | +5.9% |
| RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 1 | 87.3% | +8.6% |
| EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 83.6% | +23.1% |
| BARNIE, REXFORD N | 1 | 21.8% | +42.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794517 | ROBUST FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION UPDATE OVER NETWORK | KENDALL, CHUCK O | — |
| 18901536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHASE IDENTIFICATION USING RELATIVE PHASE ANGLE MEASUREMENTS | JAVAID, JAMAL | — |
| 18797082 | LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC GRIDS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18137764 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION HAVING ADVANCED METERING SYSTEM | BARNIE, REXFORD N | 16d overdue |
| 19123223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILITY CONDUCTOR POSITION MONITORING SYSTEM | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | — |
| 18961704 | THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE HOUSINGS | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | — |
| 18916888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING ONE OR MORE POWER LINES | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | — |
| 18902343 | MEDIUM VOLTAGE SENSOR USING A MULTI-COMPONENT RESISTIVE VOLTAGE DIVIDER | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18137764 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION HAVING ADVANCED METERING SYSTEM | BARNIE, REXFORD N | 16d overdue |
| 19043169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING PIPELINE PRESSURES | LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H | 70d |
| 19123223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILITY CONDUCTOR POSITION MONITORING SYSTEM | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | — |
| 18874805 | STRAIN RELIEF GROMMET | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | — |
| 18797082 | LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC GRIDS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 2 |
| 2858 | 2 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 2192 | 1 |
| 2412 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19123223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILITY CONDUCTOR POSITION MONITORING SYSTEM | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 2838 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19043169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING PIPELINE PRESSURES | LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18874805 | STRAIN RELIEF GROMMET | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18961704 | THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE HOUSINGS | ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18794517 | ROBUST FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION UPDATE OVER NETWORK | KENDALL, CHUCK O | 2192 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18916888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING ONE OR MORE POWER LINES | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18901536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHASE IDENTIFICATION USING RELATIVE PHASE ANGLE MEASUREMENTS | JAVAID, JAMAL | 2412 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18902343 | MEDIUM VOLTAGE SENSOR USING A MULTI-COMPONENT RESISTIVE VOLTAGE DIVIDER | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 2858 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18797082 | LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC GRIDS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 2117 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18137764 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION HAVING ADVANCED METERING SYSTEM | BARNIE, REXFORD N | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAclara Technologies LLC has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 10 examiners.
Christopher Jay Clark has the most, with 1 of Aclara Technologies LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
