PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16202573
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["326", "037000"]

Abstract:
A circuit includes a voltage source, a transistor, a load current sensor, a hardware latch and a logic circuit. The transistor is connected between the voltage source and a load. The sensor emits a fault signal when the load current exceeds a predetermined value. The hardware latch sets a latch signal when it receives the fault signal and maintains the latch signal until it receives a rearm signal. The logic circuit receives the latch signal from the hardware latch and also receives a software command for controlling turning on and off of the circuit. When the latch signal is not set, the logic circuit converts the software command to a control voltage applied at a gate of the transistor, turning on the transistor to allow power delivery to the load. A system includes a microcontroller providing software commands and rearm signals to a plurality of circuits.

Claim (Index 1):
A circuit for powering a load, comprising:\n a voltage source; a transistor connected in series with the voltage source, the transistor being connectable in series with the load, turning on the transistor causing power to be delivered from the voltage source to the load; a sensor of a load current, the sensor being adapted to emit a fault signal when the load current exceeds a first predetermined current value; a hardware latch adapted to set a latch signal when it receives the fault signal and to maintain the latch signal until it receives a rearm signal; and a logic circuit adapted to:\n receive the latch signal from the hardware latch, \n apply at a gate of the transistor a control voltage causing turning off of the transistor when the latch signal is set, \n receive a software command, and \n convert the software command to a control voltage for application at the gate of the transistor for turning off and then on the transistor when the latch signal is not set.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50794
- Patent Class: 326.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16113417', '10719505', '13754252', '12917087', '16104920']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6671531265383328
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5023292437214533
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6506707382566449
- Mean Citation Score: 186.156238
- Max Citation Score: 279.05884
- Similarity Product: 199.4432319381213

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