PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947270
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["375", "257000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave launcher generates, in response to an output RF signal, a guided electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the guided electromagnetic wave has a non-optical carrier frequency. A mismatch probe generates a mismatch signal based on the output RF signal, wherein the mismatch signal indicates an impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. A controller generates one or more control signals in response to the mismatch signal, wherein the one or more control signals adjust one or more adjustable circuit elements of an impedance matching circuit, wherein adjustment of the one or more adjustable circuit elements facilitates reducing the impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A launcher, comprising:\n an impedance matching circuit that includes one or more adjustable elements, wherein the impedance matching circuit receives an input radio frequency (RF) signal and generates an output RF signal in response to the input RF signal; a guided wave launcher configured to generate, in response to the output RF signal, a guided electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the guided electromagnetic wave has a non-optical carrier frequency; a mismatch probe configured to generate a mismatch signal based on the output RF signal, wherein the mismatch signal indicates an impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher; and a controller configured to adjust the one or more adjustable elements of the impedance matching circuit, wherein an adjustment of the one or more adjustable elements facilitates reducing the impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.43077
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15443941', '15369971', '15876739', '15705315', '14799615']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5352724674401077
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5324280882864996
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5349880295247469
- Mean Citation Score: 281.13763200000005
- Max Citation Score: 370.99628
- Similarity Product: 367.99144120506526

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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