Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Aclara Technologies LLC

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

3
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
56% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 1 73.0% +23.4%
BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 1 78.2% +17.2%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 1 86.3% -5.1%
KENDALL, CHUCK O 1 86.8% +8.0%
PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 1 86.4% +8.5%
RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J 1 87.2% +8.6%
JAVAID, JAMAL 1 88.5% +5.8%
EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 1 83.6% +23.2%
THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L 1 88.9% +9.5%

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
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 —
18679089 BROADCAST INFORMATION RELIABILITY THROUGH ROLLING WINDOW REPETITION THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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 —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19043169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING PIPELINE PRESSURES LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 70d
18874805 STRAIN RELIEF GROMMET BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS —
18797082 LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC GRIDS EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 2
2685 1
2477 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18961704 THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATE POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE HOUSINGS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18794517 ROBUST FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION UPDATE OVER NETWORK KENDALL, CHUCK O — §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
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
18901536 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHASE IDENTIFICATION USING RELATIVE PHASE ANGLE MEASUREMENTS JAVAID, JAMAL — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18797082 LOAD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC GRIDS EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18679089 BROADCAST INFORMATION RELIABILITY THROUGH ROLLING WINDOW REPETITION THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L 2477 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 30, 2024

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