PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15943700
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["307", "080000"]

Abstract:
A control circuit includes a first input coupled to a power source, a second input coupled to an output of a power supply, and an output coupled to an input of the power supply. The control circuit senses current at the power supply output. If the sensed current exceeds a threshold, the control circuit connects the power supply input to the power source. If sensed current does not exceed the threshold, the control circuit disconnects the power supply input from the power source and applies a voltage to the power supply output. If the sensed current exceeds the threshold while the power supply input is disconnected from the power source and while the control circuit is applying voltage to the power supply output, the control circuit discontinues application of voltage to the power supply output and connects the power supply input to the power source.

Claim (Index 11):
A method to reduce electrical energy consumption by a power supply comprising:\n providing a first input adapted to be coupled to a power source; providing a second input adapted to be coupled to an output of a power supply; providing an output adapted to be coupled to an input of the power supply; providing a current sensor adapted to be coupled to the second input to sense current at an output of the current sensor; and providing circuitry coupled to the current sensor to selectively couple the input of the power supply to the power source; wherein if the current at an output of the current sensor is sensed to exceed a threshold, the circuitry couples the input of the power supply to the power source; wherein if the current at the output of the current sensor is sensed to not exceed the threshold, the circuitry decouples the input of the power supply from the power source and applies a voltage at an input of the current sensor while the power supply is decoupled from the power source; and wherein if the current at the output of the current sensor is sensed to exceed the threshold while the input of the power supply is decoupled from the power source and while the circuitry is applying the voltage at the input of the current sensor, the circuitry discontinues application of the voltage at the input of the current sensor and couples the input of the power supply to the power source.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.69048
- Patent Class: 307.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13844654', '14304774', '15157724', '15157732', '14487639']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8019942450737119
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5155680599670814
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7733516265630489
- Mean Citation Score: 229.238438
- Max Citation Score: 344.44128
- Similarity Product: 310.0734138529015

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

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