PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16075580
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["315", "291000"]

Abstract:
A system for changing the light level in one or more lighting fixtures connected to a control device such as a timer or lighting panel using only conventional power relays in the timer or lighting panel, wherein the conventional power relays are used to turn power on and off to control circuits and also to send predefined messages to receiving modules installed in the lighting fixtures.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for changing the light level in one or more lighting fixtures connected to a control device with one or more power wires where said control device incorporates a switch type device capable of turning the power on and off to said one or more lighting fixtures, comprising the steps of:\n operating said switch type device in a manner to produce a predetermined pattern on the AC waveform of said one or more power wires, and operating said switch type device to control primary on and off AC power to AC power input connections of said one or more lighting fixtures, and installing a receiving device in said one or more lighting fixtures capable of detecting two or more different said predetermined patterns on the AC waveform, and having an output connection in said receiving device capable of generating a signal capable of changing the lighting level in one or more controllable ballasts or drivers installed in said lighting fixtures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54545
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15588666', '14367203', '13359722', '13336299', '14498436']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7065271408036651
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4897923626312033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6848536629864189
- Mean Citation Score: 202.51031000000003
- Max Citation Score: 233.10683
- Similarity Product: 181.53436201773465

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