PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138073
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["327", "365000"]

Abstract:
Method and device for safe switching of a signal between a first and second point. Device includes a first branch having a first switch and second switch arranged between the first and second point, and a parallel second branch having a third switch and fourth switch. A testing device instructs a control unit, in a test sequence, to open the first switch for a first period of time, open the second switch for a second period of time, open the third switch for a third period of time, and open the fourth switch for a fourth period of time. Neither the first nor second periods of time overlap with the third or fourth period of time. A testing unit tests functioning of the switches during respective period of time, and generates an error signal in the event of a malfunction of at least one switch.

Claim (Index 10):
A switching device for switching a signal on a connection between a first point and a second point, the switching device comprising:\n a first branch having a first switch and a serial second switch being arranged between the first point and the second point; a second branch having a third switch and a serial fourth switch being arranged parallel to the first branch; at least one control unit, which is connected to the switches and is configured to control switches via control signals; a testing device, which is connected to the at least one control unit and is configured to instruct the at least one control unit, in a test sequence, to:\n open the first switch for a first period of time and then close same again, \n open the second switch for a second period of time and then close same again, \n open the third switch for a third period of time and then close same again, and \n open the fourth switch for a fourth period of time and then close same again, \n wherein neither the first period of time nor the second period of time overlaps with the third or fourth period of time; and \n at least one testing unit is configured to test the functioning of the switches during the respective periods of time, and to generate an error signal in the event of a malfunction of at least one switch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.80357
- Patent Class: 327.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15209159', '15659311', '14860031', '14128589', '12937473']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7458033442823113
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4652043727806935
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7177434471321495
- Mean Citation Score: 135.542804
- Max Citation Score: 142.44716
- Similarity Product: 103.25140586100102

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