Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Itron Inc.

15 pending office actions • 7 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (40%)
5
Medium (33%)
4
Easy (27%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (20%)
§101 + other2 (13%)
§103 only5 (33%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting only3 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
20% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
6
Semiconductors
40% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
4
Business / Other
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2 82.9% +16.9%
LA, ANH V 1 84.4% +13.7%
CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N 1 27.8% +42.8%
TSANG, HENRY 1 79.7% +16.9%
BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 1 82.5% +13.2%
GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS 1 32.1% +5.3%
SHAH, TANMAY K 1 89.1% +9.3%
FORTICH, ALVARO E 1 85.9% +14.3%
LI, GUANG W 1 78.1% +24.0%
BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS 1 80.0% +24.2%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19237960 CONTROL OF STREET LIGHTS TO INDICATE PRIORITY ROUTES IN SMART CITIES LA, ANH V
18964909 DETECTING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL WIRING BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN
18899144 LOCAL UTC UPDATE BASED ON CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK PAGING SUBFRAMES SHAH, TANMAY K

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18089353 VOLTAGE GRID ANOMALY DETECTION SUN, XIUQIN 28d
18444459 Time Synchronization in High Latency Networks LI, GUANG W 41d
19198209 REAL-TIME VALIDATION OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE DEVICE COMMITMENTS CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N
18773028 ELECTRICITY METER MANAGEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN-SWITCH EVENTS FORTICH, ALVARO E
18225346 BILLED CONSUMPTION USAGE INTERVAL ESTIMATION ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18444459 Time Synchronization in High Latency Networks LI, GUANG W 41d
19237960 CONTROL OF STREET LIGHTS TO INDICATE PRIORITY ROUTES IN SMART CITIES LA, ANH V
19198209 REAL-TIME VALIDATION OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE DEVICE COMMITMENTS CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N
19046355 MESSAGING BASED ON TRUST LEVELS AND RESOURCE LIMITATIONS IN A MESH NETWORK TSANG, HENRY
18964909 DETECTING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL WIRING BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN
18773028 ELECTRICITY METER MANAGEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN-SWITCH EVENTS FORTICH, ALVARO E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 4
2858 2
3668 1
2632 1
2478 1
2115 1
2453 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19237960 CONTROL OF STREET LIGHTS TO INDICATE PRIORITY ROUTES IN SMART CITIES LA, ANH V DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19198209 REAL-TIME VALIDATION OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE DEVICE COMMITMENTS CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N DP Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2025
19046355 MESSAGING BASED ON TRUST LEVELS AND RESOURCE LIMITATIONS IN A MESH NETWORK TSANG, HENRY DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18964909 DETECTING ELECTRICAL ARCING IN HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL WIRING BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18908529 SMART ROAD STUDS GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 07, 2024
18899144 LOCAL UTC UPDATE BASED ON CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK PAGING SUBFRAMES SHAH, TANMAY K 2632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18773028 ELECTRICITY METER MANAGEMENT OF CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN-SWITCH EVENTS FORTICH, ALVARO E 2858 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 15, 2024
18444459 Time Synchronization in High Latency Networks LI, GUANG W 2478 §103§112 Final Rejection 41d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18510467 EARTHQUAKE DETECTION AND MONITORING USING SMART UTILITY METERS ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Nov 15, 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
18361209 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING BYPASS OF ELECTRICAL METER FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 2858 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18225346 BILLED CONSUMPTION USAGE INTERVAL ESTIMATION ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 24, 2023
18209419 ELECTRICAL VEHICLE DETECTION FROM ELECTRIC INTERVAL DATA SHARMIN, ANZUMAN 2115 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2023
18089353 VOLTAGE GRID ANOMALY DETECTION SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 27, 2022
17933011 MESSAGING AMONG MESSAGE GROUPS IN A MESH NETWORK KIM, EUI H 2453 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 16, 2022

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