ITRON, INC.
🏢 View company profile →524Patents
456Active
524Granted
65Portfolio score
Filing activity: Apr 19, 1979 → Jul 11, 2024 · 86 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6868293B1 | System and method for energy usage curtailment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 413 | Expired |
| US5673252A | Communications protocol for remote data generating stations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 400 | Expired |
| US6636893B1 | Web bridged energy management system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 368 | Expired |
| US5963146A | Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 294 | Expired |
| US6172616A | Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 243 | Expired |
| US6373399B1 | Wide area communications network for remote data generating stations | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 228 | Expired |
| US6653945B2 | Radio communication network for collecting data from utility meters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 169 | Expired |
| US6934316B2 | Frequency hopping spread spectrum system with high sensitivity tracking and synchronization for frequency unstable signals | Electricity | 137 | Expired |
| US6333975A | Method and system for reading intelligent utility meters | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 137 | Expired |
| US8880765B2 | Interface bus for utility-grade network communication devices | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 136 | Active |
| US8484137B2 | Telemetry system | Electricity | 127 | Active |
| US7089125B2 | Distributed asset optimization (DAO) system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 120 | Expired |
| US7317404B2 | Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying consumption data from a meter reading system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 113 | Expired |
| US6218995A | Telemetry antenna system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 93 | Expired |
| US6006212A | Time-of-use and demand metering in conditions of power outage with a mobile node | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 88 | Expired |
| USD303524S | Interchangeable circuit module for a portable hand-held computer | General | 80 | Expired |
| US7362236B2 | Mobile utility data collection system with voice technology, such as for data collection relating to an electric, gas, or water utility | Electricity | 79 | Active |
| US5475867A | Distributed supervisory control and data acquisition system | Electricity | 79 | Expired |
| US7453373B2 | Integrated meter module and utility metering system | Electricity | 76 | Active |
| US7417557B2 | Applications for a low cost receiver in an automatic meter reading system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 74 | Expired |
| US7668670B2 | Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network | Physics | 65 | Expired |
| US6639957B2 | Method and system for calibrating an oscillator circuit using a network based time reference | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US7986246B2 | Integrated data collection, anomaly detection and investigation, such as integrated mobile utility meter reading, theft detection and investigation system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 59 | Active |
| US6973400B2 | System and method for oscillator self-calibration using AC line frequency | Electricity | 59 | Expired |
| US7119698B2 | Consumptive leak detection system | Physics | 55 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.