PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747770
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["315", "077000"]

Abstract:
A method for operating a lighting device having multiple light sources may include determining a measure of a supply voltage and switching the light sources into one or more parallel strands, wherein the light sources in each strand are connected in series, in each case according to the measured value of the supply voltage. Automatic determination of a number of light sources in at least one of the strands, the number corresponding to the largest whole number which, when multiplied by a specifiable forward voltage of each of the light sources, is less than the measured value of the supply voltage. During switching of the light sources the exact number of light sources determined in the at least one strand is connected in series.

Claim (Index 4):
The method as claimed in  claim 1 ,\n wherein a minimum voltage value and a maximum voltage value are specified for the supply voltage, a minimum number of light sources is determined in at least one of the strands such that the minimum number corresponds to the largest whole number, which when multiplied by the specifiable forward voltage of each of the light sources is less than the minimum voltage value, and a maximum number of light sources is determined in at least one of the strands such that the maximum number corresponds to the largest whole number, which when multiplied by the specifiable forward voltage of each of the light sources is less than the maximum voltage value, and wherein a whole number between the minimum number and the maximum number is selected as the number of light sources.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16393
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14127922', '13851520', '14212335', '13580586', '12232288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7181424787564894
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4906870083391039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6953969317147508
- Mean Citation Score: 175.227364
- Max Citation Score: 206.59264
- Similarity Product: 149.70954137371064

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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