PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16194350
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["315", "20900R"]

Abstract:
A bidirectional switch is switched so as to conduct and interrupt a bidirectional current between a pair of input terminals. A power supply is electrically connected between the pair of input terminals and produces control power by electric power from an AC power supply. A controller receives the control power from the power supply to be activated. The controller causes the bidirectional switch to be in an off-state from a start point of a half cycle of AC voltage to a first time point when a first time period elapses. The controller causes the bidirectional switch to be in an on-state from the first time point to a second time point when a second time period according to the dimming level elapses. The controller causes the bidirectional switch to be in an off-state from the second time point to an end point of the half cycle.

Claim (Index 20):
A dimmer, comprising\n a pair of terminals, a switching device that is connected between the pair of terminals, a controller that is configured to control the switching device, a power supply that is connected between the pair of terminals and configured to supply electric power to the controller, and an adjuster that is configured to adjust a conduction angle of the switching device, wherein the controller is configured to: during prescribed time from a zero cross of AC voltage in each half cycle of the AC voltage, modulate the switching device out of conduction to allow the power supply to supply the controller with electric power; after the prescribed time elapses, modulate the switching device into conduction and subsequently modulate the switching device out of conduction, according to the conduction angle adjusted through the adjuster; and during time shorter than time till a next zero cross of the AC voltage, keep the switching device out of conduction to allow the power supply to supply electric power to the controller.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 48.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.76364
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15580027', '15751859', '15757349', '11129793', '14713030']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7366775757816652
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5388948807081887
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7168993062743175
- Mean Citation Score: 287.16644800000006
- Max Citation Score: 376.83673
- Similarity Product: 324.7027797237772

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

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