PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15759599
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["361", "021000"]

Abstract:
Devices and methods for de-energizing a photovoltaic (PV) system are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, a method includes detecting a resistance between a first photovoltaic unit and ground, wherein the first photovoltaic unit is connected to at least one additional photovoltaic unit. If the resistance is less than a threshold, the first photovoltaic unit is shorted by connecting a positive conductor of the first photovoltaic unit with a negative conductor of the first photovoltaic unit. Shorting the first photovoltaic unit causes the at least one additional photovoltaic unit to detect the resistance that is less than the threshold, thereby shorting the at least one additional photovoltaic unit by connecting a positive conductor of the at least one additional photovoltaic unit with a negative conductor of the at least one additional photovoltaic unit.

Claim (Index 14):
The system of  claim 12 , wherein:\n the first detection unit further comprises a voltage sensor that is configured to detect a first voltage across the first photovoltaic unit, and if the first voltage is less than zero, the first detection unit sends a third signal to connect the positive conductor of the first photovoltaic unit with the negative conductor of the first photovoltaic unit, thereby shorting the first photovoltaic unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68519
- Patent Class: 361.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14532883', '14511042', '12813036', '13957569', '13412480']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8415276792523255
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4918537196207856
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8065602832891716
- Mean Citation Score: 180.345424
- Max Citation Score: 212.30675
- Similarity Product: 143.53854697164894

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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