PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883422
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["136", "206000"]

Abstract:
An autonomous, modular energy generation, storage and transmission apparatus, system, and method is provided. An apparatus is tube shaped and includes solar and thermionic energy conversion layers, and a battery module. A system of modular apparatuses may be connected together to form a transmission network. Such devices are particularly suited for outdoor application on highway jersey walls, and for indoor application on office cubicle walls. A method of charging battery modules in the apparatus is provided, along with a method of distributing the same in commerce.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for generating electrical energy from photonic and thermal energy, and storing and distributing the electrical energy, the system comprising:\n an energy collection module comprising:\n a substrate; \n a photovoltaic layer having a curved shape for converting photonic energy into electrical energy; \n a thermionic layer comprising a thermionic material for converting thermal energy into electrical energy; \n a plurality of battery banks for storing said converted electrical energy, wherein each battery bank is operable in one of three modes, the three modes comprising a charging mode, a discharging mode, and an idle mode; \n wherein one of the photovoltaic layer, the thermionic layer and the plurality of battery banks are formed on the substrate, and wherein the photovoltaic layer is disposed outside the thermionic layer; and \n a battery management system configured for managing charging and discharging said plurality of battery banks, the battery management system comprising:\n a smart battery charger for charging a connected one of the battery banks; \n a smart battery selector for selectively connecting each of said battery banks to a load or to said smart battery charger, or for disconnecting said battery banks from said load and said smart battery charger; \n a microcontroller for receiving data and status messages from said battery banks, said smart battery charger and said smart battery selector, and to issue commands to said smart battery selector for configuring interconnections among said battery banks, said load and said smart battery charger; and \n a communication bus connected to said battery banks, said smart battery charger, said smart battery selector and said microcontroller exchanging said data and status messages, and said commands.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66102
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12292817', '14747333', '14062884', '10287335', '15627647']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7705490885441159
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5050601175215854
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7440001914418628
- Mean Citation Score: 177.00239800000003
- Max Citation Score: 276.91135
- Similarity Product: 207.2013625201583

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