PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16099644
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["372", "043010"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a laser assembly, wherein, in one embodiment, the laser assembly ( 1 ) comprises a plurality of laser groups ( 2 ) each having at least one semiconductor laser ( 20 ). Furthermore, the laser assembly ( 1 ) contains a plurality of photothyristors ( 3 ), each laser group ( 2 ) being clearly assigned one of the photothyristors ( 3 ). The photothyristors ( 3 ) are each connected electrically in series with the associated laser group ( 2 ) and/or integrated in the associated laser group ( 2 ). Furthermore, the photothyristors ( 3 ) are each optically coupled to the associated laser group ( 2 ). A dark breakdown voltage (Ut) of each photothyristor ( 3 ) lies above an intended operating voltage (Ub) of the associated laser group ( 2 ).

Claim (Index 15):
An operating method by means of which the laser arrangement of  claim 1  is operated, wherein the laser arrangement has at least one defective laser group with an increased laser threshold voltage (Ud) and the increased laser threshold voltage (Ud) is greater than the intended operating voltage (Ub), wherein a normal laser threshold voltage (Un) of the correctly functioning laser groups is below the intended operating voltage (Ub) so that in these laser groups the associated photothyristor is illuminated and switched through because of the generated laser radiation (L), whereas in the at least one defective laser group, no laser radiation or only very little laser radiation (L) is generated and the associated photothyristor is not sufficiently illuminated so that the at least one defective laser group remains electrically decoupled up to the intended operating voltage (Ub) and a current flow through the at least one defective laser group is by at least a factor of 10 lower than through the correctly functioning laser groups.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.67241
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10869616', '15625018', '12679832', '14857698', '14697228']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7738512472885418
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5042819290077715
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7468943154604648
- Mean Citation Score: 149.269744
- Max Citation Score: 153.23976000000005
- Similarity Product: 93.28287494759564

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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