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 40):
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein selecting the charging mode further comprises providing information to the user regarding a remaining number of allowed fastcharging cycles, wherein the number of allowed fast charging cycles is based on at least one of the following: a predefined maximum number of fast charging cycles, a total number of previously performed fast charging cycles or mode, average life time of the rechargeable battery, or preferences set by the rechargeable battery manufacturer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28846
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16084261', '12577566', '15797239', '15099395', '13794126']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6972854250326154
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5001274202090321
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.677569624550257
- Mean Citation Score: 160.325302
- Max Citation Score: 165.52448
- Similarity Product: 95.9314632803345

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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