PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16041383
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["710", "300000"]

Abstract:
An industrial safety controller comprises a non-volatile memory configured for storing an industrial control program and at least one processing unit. The industrial safety controller, which may be a safety relay, further comprises a connector configured to communicatively couple the safety controller with an expansion module. The safety controller is configured to receive an input and/or provide an output via an I/O expansion module that is coupled to the safety controller utilizing the connector. The industrial safety controller may comprise an expansion module bay and the connector may comprise a bay connector.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for controlling safety and non-safety functions of a controlled process using an industrial safety controller, the method comprising the steps of:\n executing at least one safety function with a first processing unit in the industrial safety controller; executing at least one non-safety function with a second processing unit in the industrial safety controller; communicatively coupling an expansion module with the industrial safety controller via a connector; receiving at least one signal corresponding to the controlled process at the expansion module; communicating the at least one signal from the expansion module to the second processing unit in the industrial safety controller through the connector, wherein the at least one signal from the expansion module is configured to change an operating state of the industrial safety controller from a present operating state to a new operating state; verifying that the industrial safety controller is in a safe state of operation with the first processing unit executing one of the at least one safety functions responsive to receiving the at least one signal from the expansion module; and changing the operating state of the industrial safety controller from the present operating state to the new operating state when the industrial safety controller is in the safe state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14671464', '14926255', '14703435', '11240706', '14604046']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6537333240549303
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5210500521095659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6404649968603939
- Mean Citation Score: 243.65214
- Max Citation Score: 346.4894700000001
- Similarity Product: 303.42208761688664

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

Dataset: test