PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16070157
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["398", "115000"]

Abstract:
A modular multilevel converter includes a plurality of sub-modules. Each of the sub modules has at least two electronic switching elements, an electrical energy storage device, two galvanic power terminals, an optical communication input ( 222 ) and an optical communication output. A plurality of the sub-modules is connected to a series circuit by way of their communication input and communication output.

Claim (Index 30):
A method for transmitting a message between a communication device and sub modules of a modular multilevel converter, wherein each of the sub modules has at least two electronic switching elements, an electrical energy storage device, two electrical connections, an optical communication input and an optical communication output, and wherein the sub modules are connected by way of their communication input and their communication output to form a series circuit, the series circuit having a first sub module, a second sub module, and further sub modules, the method comprising:\n transmitting the message from the communication device to an optical communication input of the first sub module of the series circuit through a first optical fiber; then transmitting the message from an optical communication output of the first sub module to an optical communication input of the second sub module of the series circuit through a second optical fiber; and transmitting the message to the further sub modules of the series circuit in succession until the message reaches a last sub module of the series circuit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47826
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16070063', '14903514', '15562813', '14903510', '12517693']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6665552033470736
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5300988845371344
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6529095714660798
- Mean Citation Score: 219.204158
- Max Citation Score: 320.5344
- Similarity Product: 278.38536641292575

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

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