Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Itron, Inc.

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (18%)
9
Medium (82%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (18%)
§103 only9 (82%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
55% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
36% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YU, XIANG 1 54.7% +46.9%
LI, GUANG W 1 77.8% +24.4%
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 1 83.2% +16.4%
HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 1 58.1% +52.8%
KABIR, SAAD M 1 68.5% +23.3%
BOOKER, KELVIN 1 78.9% +6.6%
BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS 1 79.0% +26.3%
FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 1 86.3% +13.7%
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 1 11.9% +14.4%
SUN, XIUQIN 1 72.9% +3.6%

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
18510467 EARTHQUAKE DETECTION AND MONITORING USING SMART UTILITY METERS ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 13d

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
18446102 TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTIFYING BEHIND-THE-METER SOLAR POWER GENERATION BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS 73d overdue
18361209 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING BYPASS OF ELECTRICAL METER FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 21d
18314318 DETECTION OF UNINTENDED CONSUMPTION OF A UTILITY COMMODITY BASED ON METROLOGY DATA SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 26d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18504019 CERTIFICATE CHAIN COMPRESSION TO EXTEND NODE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 30d overdue
18510467 EARTHQUAKE DETECTION AND MONITORING USING SMART UTILITY METERS ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 13d
18361209 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING BYPASS OF ELECTRICAL METER FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 21d
18314318 DETECTION OF UNINTENDED CONSUMPTION OF A UTILITY COMMODITY BASED ON METROLOGY DATA SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 26d
18923174 DETERMINING NETWORK RELIABILITY USING MESSAGE SUCCESS RATES YU, XIANG 30d
18444459 Time Synchronization in High Latency Networks LI, GUANG W 41d
18369686 Meter-to-Transformer Connectivity Correction KABIR, SAAD M 43d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 3
2119 2
2455 1
2478 1
2497 1
2858 1
3626 1
2447 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18923174 DETERMINING NETWORK RELIABILITY USING MESSAGE SUCCESS RATES YU, XIANG 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 22, 2024
18444459 Time Synchronization in High Latency Networks LI, GUANG W 2478 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18510467 EARTHQUAKE DETECTION AND MONITORING USING SMART UTILITY METERS ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18504019 CERTIFICATE CHAIN COMPRESSION TO EXTEND NODE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 2497 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2023
18369686 Meter-to-Transformer Connectivity Correction KABIR, SAAD M 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Sep 18, 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 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18361209 METHODS AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING BYPASS OF ELECTRICAL METER FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 2858 §101 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18314318 DETECTION OF UNINTENDED CONSUMPTION OF A UTILITY COMMODITY BASED ON METROLOGY DATA SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 3626 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 09, 2023
18089353 VOLTAGE GRID ANOMALY DETECTION SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18069130 FORCED FORWARDING ADDRESSING COMMUNICATIONS NDIAYE, CHEIKH T 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 20, 2022

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