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`Exhibit No. 8
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`Claim Chart Showing Infringement of U.S. Pat. No. 10,396,592 by Itron1
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`Infringing products including Itron’s smart thermostats and load control switches having demand response functionality
`(including the IntelliPEAK 700, the IntelliTEMP DirectLink, the IntelliPEAK DirectLink, the Commercial Load Control Device, the
`Programmable Communicating Thermostat, the Programmable Communicating Thermostat - Aprilaire Model TBZ00-8521-A, the
`Water Heater and Pool Pump Switch with measurement and verification, and the A/C Cycling Switch with measurement and
`verification) and Itron’s load management software and network platform solutions (including Itron’s IntelliSOURCE Enterprise and
`Express) (the “Accused Products”) infringe each element of the Asserted Claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,396,592 (the “’592 Patent”).
`Further, Itron instructs its customers (including consumers and utilities) regarding the use of the Accused Products to enable the use of
`the features identified throughout this chart. Itron intends and instructs that its customers use these features in a manner that practices
`each element of the Asserted Claims. Plaintiff contends each of the following limitations is met literally, and, to the extent a limitation
`is not met literally, it is met under the doctrine of equivalents.
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`1 This claim chart is based on the information currently available to Plaintiff and is intended to be exemplary in nature. Plaintiff
`reserves all rights to update and elaborate their infringement positions, including as Plaintiff obtains additional information during the
`course of discovery.
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`Element
`1[a]. A system for
`managing power on an
`electric power grid,
`comprising:
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products are a system for managing electric power on an electric power grid. The
`Accused Products manage power flow within an electric power grid to power consuming devices
`(e.g., heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) units, air conditioning (“A/C”) units,
`furnaces, boilers, pool pumps, hot water heaters, etc.) in conjunction with demand response programs
`for reducing power consumption.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliPEAK DirectLink Spec Sheet at 1-2.2
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`lntelliTEMP®
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`DirectLinkT'VI
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`The lnteiliTEMP DIreetLink smart thennestat semelnes a streamlined design with a modular
`Wi-Fl radie that eliminates the need fer third-partv ism-duets te deliver eve-Wall eemmuniee-
`liens between a utility and end user. The use et IP-based eemn'iunI-satlens provides near
`real-time tee-aback. near real-time presence and eenstant telemetry.r ei IntelliTEMP DireetLInk;
`devices in give utilities a eleater view 01 eunentlv available lead.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliTEMP DirectLink at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 1.
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products include a client device and a controllable device and manage power flow to
`power consuming devices (e.g., HVAC units, A/C units, furnaces, boilers, pool pumps, hot water
`heaters, etc.) constructed and configured in network communication.
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`Element
`1[b]. at least one power
`consuming device, at least
`one controllable device,
`and at least one client
`device constructed and
`configured in network
`communication;
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliPEAK DirectLink Spec Sheet at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`lntelliTEMP®
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`DirectLinkTM
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`The InteiIiTEMP DIreetLink smart thennestat eemelnes a streamlined design with a medLilar
`WI-FI redie that eliminates the need ter third-party precincts te deliver hire-Way eemmLinisa-
`rlens between a utility and end user. The use et IP-eesed eemn'runleatlens presides near
`real-time ieeeeaeir. near real-time presence and senstant telemetry.r et InteiiiTEMP DireetLInit
`devises te give utilities a clearer View ei SUiTEri‘Itl'ji‘ available lead.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliTEMP DirectLink at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`IntelliPEAK DirectLink WiFi at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Element
`Accused Products
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`Here's a bit more background. Traditional paging networks are
`able to send the same single message to ten thousand devices
`just as simply as sending to ten devices. Besides being costly to
`install and maintain, the downside of those networks is that they
`do not provide real—time feedback from the devices'.-
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`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 2.
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`_The downside of IP addressing is that every
`device must be sent a unique message so controlling ten thousand
`devices takes 9,990 more messages than controlling ten devices.
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`Some demand response management systems (DBMS) work by
`breaking up load into large groups (treating ten thousand thermostats
`like a large industrial facility). determining which groups to control.
`then sending a proprietary or OpenADR signal to a different system
`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 2.
`that actually communicates with devices. ltron’s IntelliSOUFlCE
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Express Summary at 2.
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products embody a system comprising a controllable device operably coupled to the
`power consuming device. See limitation 1[b], above.
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`Element
`1[c]. wherein the at least
`one controllable device is
`operably coupled to the at
`least one power consuming
`device;
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliPEAK DirectLink Spec Sheet at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`lntelliTEMP®
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`DirectLinkTM
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`The InteiIiTEMP DIreetLink smart thennestat eemelnes a streamlined design with a medLilar
`WI-FI redie that eliminates the need ter third-party precincts te deliver hire-Way eemmLinisa-
`rlens between a utility and end user. The use et IP-eesed eemn'runleatlens presides near
`real-time ieeeeaeir. near real-time presence and senstant telemetry.r et InteiiiTEMP DireetLInit
`devises te give utilities a clearer View ei currently available lead.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliTEMP DirectLink at 1-2.
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`IntelliPEAK DirectLink WiFi at 1-2.
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products control a power flow (e.g., control power flow to HVAC unit according to
`demand response event specifications) to at least one power consuming device (e.g., HVAC unit, AC
`unit, furnace, boiler, pool pump, hot water heater, etc.). See limitations 1[a]-[c], above.
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`Element
`1[d]. wherein the at least
`one controllable device is
`operable to control a power
`flow from the electric
`power grid to the at least
`one power consuming
`device responsive to power
`control instructions from
`the at least one client
`device;
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliPEAK DirectLink Spec Sheet at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`lntelliTEMP®
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`DirectLinkTM
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`The InteiIiTEMP DIreetLink smart thennestat eemelnes a streamlined design with a medLilar
`WI-FI redie that eliminates the need ter third-party precincts te deliver hire-Way eemmLinisa-
`rlens between a utility and end user. The use et IP-eesed eemn'runleatlens presides near
`real-time ieeeeaeir. near real-time presence and senstant telemetry.r et InteiiiTEMP DireetLInit
`devises te give utilities a clearer View ei currently available lead.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliTEMP DirectLink at 1-2.
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`Element
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`IntelliPEAK DirectLink WiFi at 1-2.
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`Accused Products
`When the Accused Products control the flow of power to a power consuming device, there is an
`actual value of power reduced. The Accused Products and the Itron network platform that operates
`with the Accused Products both generate measurement and verification data based upon a reduction
`in consumed power. See limitation 1[a], above.
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`Element
`1[e]. wherein the at least
`one power consuming
`device has an actual value
`of power reduced based on
`revenue grade metrology,
`and confirmed by
`measurement and
`verification; and
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`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 6.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Express Summary at 2.
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, Integrated Energy Forecasting Framework at 7.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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`Itron, IntelliMEASURE at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`NAPDR, Measurement and Verification at 33.
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`NAPDR, Measurement and Verification at 40.
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`Comverge Introduces Two-way Energy Management Solutions at 1-2.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`AEIC, Demand Response Measurement and Verification at 10.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`California Energy Commission, Residential Intelligent Energy Management Solution at 15.
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`Element
`1[f]. wherein the actual
`value of power reduced is a
`curtailment value as supply
`equivalence and provides
`operating reserve for the
`electric power grid.
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products achieve a power reduction in conjunction with demand response programs,
`and the power reduction achieved provides operating reserves for the electric power grid. See
`limitations 1[a] and 1[e], above.
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`Itron, Getting More Out of Demand Management at 2.
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`Itron, Getting More Out of Demand Management at 7.
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`RESULTS
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`At the end of this project we demonstrated that with 100.000
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`it also gives us a great foundation as we continue to scale to
`500,000 — 1,000,000 devices.
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`No performance testing effort would be complete without finding
`and fixing a few bottlenecks:
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`» Optimizing data structures. While newer programming
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`languages have made it easier and more enjoyable to write code.
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`they have also made it easier to write code that performs poorly
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`(especially at large scale). Flefactoring data structures by focusing
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`on the most efficient type for each use case yielded significant
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`performance increases by simply changing SQL queries
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`(particularty by removing IN clauses). but the real payoff was
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`performance impacts.
`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 6.
`» Optimizing SQL queries. This is one of the first places people
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`look when addressing performance concerns. We found some
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`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 6.
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`denormalizing specific parts of the schema to make the queries
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`Accused Products
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`California Energy Commission, Residential Intelligent Energy Management Solution at 15.
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