Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
16 pending office actions • 14 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Itron Inc. has 15 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Those matters involve 15 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units, showing that the portfolio’s prosecution activity is broadly distributed. The near one-to-one relationship between pending matters and examiners indicates limited examiner concentration, while the lower art-unit figure indicates that some units handle more than one matter.
JOO, JOSHUA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No single examiner accounts for a substantial share of the listed workload. Counsel should therefore emphasize centralized docket control, consistent claim-position tracking, and matter-specific adaptation to the different examiner and art-unit assignments.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (19%) |
| §103 only | 6 (38%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOO, JOSHUA | 1 | 78.4% | +23.2% |
| KHAN, ATTA | 1 | 83.7% | +24.8% |
| BEAMER, TEMICA M | 1 | 88.5% | +4.1% |
| HO, DAO Q | 1 | 83.1% | +32.1% |
| BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN | 1 | 82.7% | +13.1% |
| GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 1 | 33.0% | +7.7% |
| RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | 1 | 88.7% | +7.6% |
| FORTICH, ALVARO E | 1 | 86.0% | +14.4% |
| YUN, EUGENE | 1 | 85.5% | +4.4% |
| KIM, AHSHIK | 1 | 87.9% | +10.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025923 | STATICALLY-CONFIGURED INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) NETWORK TRAFFIC SHAPING FOR ADAPTATIVE MODULATION AND CODING DATA LINKS | KHAN, ATTA | — |
| 19006798 | NETWORK PROTOCOL FOR BATTERY POWERED DEVICES WITHIN A WIRELESS NETWORK | BEAMER, TEMICA M | — |
| 18883984 | Efficient Collaboration between Meters under the Same Transformer | RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18446102 | TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTIFYING BEHIND-THE-METER SOLAR POWER GENERATION | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 73d overdue |
| 18510467 | EARTHQUAKE DETECTION AND MONITORING USING SMART UTILITY METERS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 13d |
| 18984526 | EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF COMPRESSED CERTIFICATES IN A LOW BANDWIDTH MESH ENVIRONMENT | HO, DAO Q | — |
| 18964909 | DETECTING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL WIRING | BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN | — |
| 18908529 | SMART ROAD STUDS | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | — |
| 18773028 | ELECTRICITY METER MANAGEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN-SWITCH EVENTS | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
| 18645230 | DYNAMIC BATTERY-LIFE EXTENSION FOR A BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE | YUN, EUGENE | — |
| 18602794 | LOGISTICAL SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES | KIM, AHSHIK | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237627 | ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT IN MESH NETWORKS | JOO, JOSHUA | — |
| 19025923 | STATICALLY-CONFIGURED INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) NETWORK TRAFFIC SHAPING FOR ADAPTATIVE MODULATION AND CODING DATA LINKS | KHAN, ATTA | — |
| 18984526 | EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF COMPRESSED CERTIFICATES IN A LOW BANDWIDTH MESH ENVIRONMENT | HO, DAO Q | — |
| 18964909 | DETECTING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL WIRING | BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN | — |
| 18773028 | ELECTRICITY METER MANAGEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN-SWITCH EVENTS | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
| 18602794 | LOGISTICAL SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES | KIM, AHSHIK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 2445 | 1 |
| 2449 | 1 |
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19237627 | ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT IN MESH NETWORKS | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19025923 | STATICALLY-CONFIGURED INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) NETWORK TRAFFIC SHAPING FOR ADAPTATIVE MODULATION AND CODING DATA LINKS | KHAN, ATTA | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19006798 | NETWORK PROTOCOL FOR BATTERY POWERED DEVICES WITHIN A WIRELESS NETWORK | BEAMER, TEMICA M | 2646 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18984526 | EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF COMPRESSED CERTIFICATES IN A LOW BANDWIDTH MESH ENVIRONMENT | HO, DAO Q | 2432 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18964909 | DETECTING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL WIRING | BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18908529 | SMART ROAD STUDS | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18883984 | Efficient Collaboration between Meters under the Same Transformer | RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18773028 | ELECTRICITY METER MANAGEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN-SWITCH EVENTS | FORTICH, ALVARO E | 2858 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18645230 | DYNAMIC BATTERY-LIFE EXTENSION FOR A BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE | YUN, EUGENE | 2648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18602794 | LOGISTICAL SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRICAL VEHICLES | KIM, AHSHIK | 2876 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18444459 | Time Synchronization in High Latency Networks | LI, GUANG W | 2478 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18533958 | FORECASTING COMMODITY CONSUMPTION FOR INDIVIDUAL SMART METERS | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18510467 | EARTHQUAKE DETECTION AND MONITORING USING SMART UTILITY METERS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18235103 | DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AGGREGATED OPTIMIZATION | BOOKER, KELVIN | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18446102 | TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTIFYING BEHIND-THE-METER SOLAR POWER GENERATION | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 17933011 | MESSAGING AMONG MESSAGE GROUPS IN A MESH NETWORK | KIM, EUI H | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialItron Inc. has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 16 examiners.
Joshua Joo has the most, with 1 of Itron Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
