PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017788
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["320", "112000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for charging multi-cell lithium-based batteries. In some aspects, a battery charger includes a housing, at least one terminal to electrically connect to a battery pack supported by the housing, and a controller operable to provide a charging current to the battery pack through the at least one terminal. The battery pack includes a plurality of lithium-based battery cells, with each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having an individual state of charge. The controller is operable to control the charging current being supplied to the battery pack at least in part based on the individual state of charge of at least one battery cell.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of operating an electrical combination, the electrical combination including a battery charger including a housing, at least one terminal to electrically connect to a battery pack supported by the housing, the battery pack including a plurality of lithium-based battery cells, each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having an individual state of charge, and a controller, the method comprising:\n controlling, with the controller, the battery charger to supply a charging current to the battery pack through the at least one terminal, the controller being operable to control the charging current being supplied to the battery pack based at least in part on the individual state of charge of at least one battery cell; and controlling, with the controller, the battery charger to supply the charging current to the battery pack by controlling the battery charger to supply the charging current in a plurality of pulses of charging current, the plurality of pulses each having a first period of time, in which the charging current is being supplied to the battery pack at a predefined amplitude, and a second period of time, in which the supply of charging current is suspended, controlling the battery charger to supply the charging current including modifying, with the controller, the first period of time and controlling, with the controller, the second period of time to be constant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14545
- Patent Class: 320.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15729471', '11322782', '11837190', '12372002', '11322534']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8130612276724997
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4954237338719687
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7812974782924467
- Mean Citation Score: 336.43200600000006
- Max Citation Score: 353.14987
- Similarity Product: 348.827381346072

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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