PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15775847
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["381", "323000"]

Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a method for charging a rechargeable battery ( 5 ) of a hearing aid ( 1 ). The proposed method comprises detecting a power supply ( 8 ) being connected to the hearing aid ( 1 ), estimating a state of charge of the battery ( 5 ), selecting one of at least a normal and a fast charging mode in dependence of the estimated state of charge, and charging the battery ( 5 ) according to the selected charging mode. Moreover, the present invention provides a hearing aid ( 1 ) including a battery charging unit ( 9 ) and adapted to support the proposed method.

Claim (Index 33):
The method of  claim 26 , wherein charging the rechargeable battery comprises a constant current charging phase,\n wherein the charging current is kept constant during the charging phase, wherein the charging voltage is kept constant during the charging phase, wherein for charging in the fast charging mode a higher charging current is applied during the constant current phase than for charging in the normal charging mode, and wherein charging is switched from constant current charging to constant voltage charging when the rechargeable battery voltage exceeds a threshold level comprised based on the predefined criteria.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28846
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16084261', '12577566', '15797239', '15099395', '13794126']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.699847083308461
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4915013118152596
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6790125061591409
- Mean Citation Score: 160.325302
- Max Citation Score: 165.52448
- Similarity Product: 109.55073528625488

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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