Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 13, 2026

Aclara Technologies LLC

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 1 72.7% +23.4%
CHEN, CAI Y 1 72.7% +8.6%
LEWIS, LISA C 1 80.7% +15.7%
PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 1 86.8% +7.8%
RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J 1 87.0% +8.8%
THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L 1 88.9% +9.4%

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

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19017113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC GROUPING FOR MULTICAST COMMANDS WITHIN A UTILITY SYSTEM CHEN, CAI Y
18929031 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SECURITY IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS LEWIS, LISA C
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 (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19043169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING PIPELINE PRESSURES LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 70d
18929031 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SECURITY IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS LEWIS, LISA C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 2
2685 1
2445 1
2495 1
2477 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19043169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING PIPELINE PRESSURES LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 2685 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 31, 2025
19017113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC GROUPING FOR MULTICAST COMMANDS WITHIN A UTILITY SYSTEM CHEN, CAI Y 2445 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
18929031 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SECURITY IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS LEWIS, LISA C 2495 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 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
18679089 BROADCAST INFORMATION RELIABILITY THROUGH ROLLING WINDOW REPETITION THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L 2477 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024

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