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`Exhibit No. 7
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`Claim Chart Showing Infringement of U.S. Pat. No. 10,394,268 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. 10,394,268 (the “’268 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 method for
`managing an electric power
`flow within an electric
`power grid, comprising:
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products are used to manage an electric power flow within an electric power grid. The
`Accused Products manage power flow within an electric power grid, for example by controlling the flow
`of electric power 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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`2 All emphases and annotations have been added unless otherwise noted.
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`Accused Products
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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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`Element
`1[b]. a client device
`receiving a power control
`message from a load
`management server,
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products include a client device that receives a power control message (e.g., demand
`response event message) from a load management server (e.g., Itron server).
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`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 2.
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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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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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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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`Element
`1[c]. the power control
`message indicating at least
`one of an amount of
`electric power to be
`reduced and
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`Accused Products
`The power control message (e.g., demand response event message) received by the Accused Products
`indicates at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced (e.g., operating instructions for a
`demand response event).
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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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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Express Summary at 2.
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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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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Comverge Introduces Two-way Energy Management Solutions at 1-2.
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`Itron, Demand Response Management Systems The Evolution from Point Solution to Enterprise
`Platform, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O42ptcE7jR8 at 26:26-26:32.
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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 4.
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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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`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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`Itron, IntelliTEMP DirectLink at 1-2.
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`Element
`1[d]. an identification of at
`least one controllable
`device to be instructed to
`disable the electric power
`flow to at least one
`associated power
`consuming device;
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`Accused Products
`The power control messages (e.g., demand response event messages) identify the particular Accused
`Product’s controllable device to be instructed to disable electric power flow to at least one associated
`power consuming device (e.g., HVAC units, A/C units, furnaces, boilers, pool pumps, hot water heaters,
`etc.).
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`Itron, Optimizing Demand Response Management Systems at 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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`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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`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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`Itron, Demand Response and IoT at 5.
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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products’ client device, upon receiving the power control message, issues a power
`management command to the Accused Products’ controllable device. See limitation 1[c], above.
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`Element
`1[e]. the client device
`issuing a power
`management command to
`the at least one controllable
`device,
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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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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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Express Summary at 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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`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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`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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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products’ power management commands cause the Accused Products’ controllable devices
`to disable the electric power flow to the at least one associated power consuming device (e.g., heating and
`cooling HVAC units, furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, boilers, etc.) to provide a reduction in
`consumed power (e.g., load reduction or energy savings). See limitations 1[a] and 1[c], above.
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`Element
`1[f]. the power
`management command
`causing the at least one
`controllable device to
`disable the electric power
`flow to the at least one
`associated power
`consuming device to
`provide a reduction in
`consumed power; and
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Enterprise at 3.
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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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`Element
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`Accused Products
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`Itron, IntelliSOURCE Express Summary at 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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`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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`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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`Accused Products
`The Accused Products and the Itron network platform that operates with the Accused Products both
`generate measurement and verification data corresponding to the reduction in consumed power. See
`limitation 1[a], above.
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`Element
`1[g]. generating
`measurement and
`verification data
`corresponding to the
`reduction in consumed
`power.
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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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`Element
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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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`Element
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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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`Element
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`Accused Products
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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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`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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