PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15867764
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["320", "132000"]

Abstract:
Methods, systems and battery modules are provided, which increase the cycling lifetime of fast charging lithium ion batteries. During the formation process, the charging currents are adjusted to optimize the cell formation, possibly according to the characteristics of the formation process itself, and discharge extents are partial and optimized as well, as is the overall structure of the formation process. During operation, voltage ranges are initially set to be narrow, and are broadened upon battery deterioration to maximize the overall lifetime. Current adjustments are applied in operation as well, with respect to the deteriorating capacity of the battery. Various formation and operation strategies are disclosed, as basis for specific optimizations.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein, in the formation process, the method further comprises gradually increasing a charging current, during the first cycle, from at most C/70 to at most C/50 during at least a third of a charging duration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86567
- Patent Class: 320.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13213756', '11518974', '14833441', '13588162', '15783586']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.75047871552438
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4914731593951389
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7245781599114559
- Mean Citation Score: 191.610396
- Max Citation Score: 193.40674
- Similarity Product: 121.79649068857432

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

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