PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006790
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["200", "00500R"]

Abstract:
Implementations of a multi-pole dome switch configured to simultaneously, or nearly simultaneously, close or open two separate circuits are provided. In some implementations, a multi-pole dome switch may comprise a tactile metal dome and a conductive insert that are separated by an insulator. In some implementations, when the dome is depressed, the dome and the conductive insert are configured to simultaneously, or nearly simultaneously, make conductive contact with two traces of a first circuit and two traces of a second circuit, respectively, positioned thereunder on a PCB. In this way, the multi-pole dome switch is able to simultaneously, or nearly simultaneously, close two separate circuits. Succinctly put, in some implementations, the multi-pole dome switch may be configured to act as a double-pole, double-throw switch.

Claim (Index 15):
A multi-pole dome switch configured to be positioned on a printed circuit board having a first circuit and a second circuit, the multi-pole dome switch comprising:\n a first conductive dome configured to make conductive contact with a first trace and a second trace of the first circuit when depressed, the conductive dome comprises a centrally located bore that extends therethrough; a second conductive dome, the second conductive dome comprises a centrally located downward protrusion, the centrally located downward protrusion is configured to extend through the centrally located bore of the first conductive dome and position a bottom portion thereof to conductively connect a first trace and a second trace of the second circuit when the second conductive dome is depressed; and an insulator positioned between the first conductive dome and the second conductive dome that is configured to prevent contact between the first conductive dome and the second conductive dome; wherein the multi-pole dome switch is configured so that depressing the second conductive dome depresses the first conductive dome.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32258
- Patent Class: 200.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10445374', '12793193', '12712102', '12814010', '15270245']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7858450249050205
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4222254706559528
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7494830694801137
- Mean Citation Score: 166.43853600000003
- Max Citation Score: 174.53075
- Similarity Product: 133.02396676257254

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

Dataset: test