PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918154
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["372", "038030"]

Abstract:
A drive circuit is configured to supply a current to a light emitting element. The drive circuit includes a plurality of switching elements configured to switch between ON/OFF states with a modulation signal, a capacitor connected in parallel with the light emitting element, and a control module configured to control the switching elements so that a voltage of the capacitor does not become lower than a threshold.

Claim (Index 2):
The drive circuit according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the switching elements include a first switching element configured to switch between ON/OFF states of an electric path connecting a power supply potential with the capacitor, and a second switching element configured to switch between ON/OFF states of an electric path connecting the capacitor with a ground potential, and the control module includes a pulse control module configured to control the modulation signal so that the ON/OFF state of the first switching element is contrary to the ON/OFF state of the second switching element, and a stop control module configured to control the modulation signal so that the second switching element is caused to be in the OFF state when the voltage of the capacitor becomes equal to or smaller than the threshold.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61364
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13731246', '13649178', '11338711', '13780832', '12677707']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8265530071492536
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4777075862961498
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7916684650639433
- Mean Citation Score: 202.792432
- Max Citation Score: 207.01802
- Similarity Product: 173.7939866569805

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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