PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16041383
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["710", "300000"]

Abstract:
An industrial safety controller comprises a non-volatile memory configured for storing an industrial control program and at least one processing unit. The industrial safety controller, which may be a safety relay, further comprises a connector configured to communicatively couple the safety controller with an expansion module. The safety controller is configured to receive an input and/or provide an output via an I/O expansion module that is coupled to the safety controller utilizing the connector. The industrial safety controller may comprise an expansion module bay and the connector may comprise a bay connector.

Claim (Index 10):
An industrial control system for use in a safety application of a controlled process, comprising:\n an expansion module configured to transmit at least one signal corresponding to the controlled process via a first connector; and an industrial safety controller configured to perform safety functions and non-safety functions in the controlled process, the industrial safety controller including:\n a first processing unit configured to execute the safety functions; \n a second processing unit configured to execute the non-safety functions; and \n a second connector configured to operatively connect to the first connector and to communicatively couple the industrial safety controller to the expansion module, wherein: \n the industrial safety controller is configurable to receive the at least one signal from the expansion module via the first and second connectors, \n the at least one signal from the expansion module is configured to change an operating state of the industrial safety controller from a present operating state to a new operating state, and \n responsive to receiving the at least one signal from the expansion module, the first processing unit is operative to verify that the safety controller is in a safe state of operation and to change the operating state from the present operating state to the new operating state when the safety controller is in the safe state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 710.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14671464', '14926255', '14703435', '11240706', '14604046']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.653781117039812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5213544685755582
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6405384521933866
- Mean Citation Score: 243.65214
- Max Citation Score: 346.4894700000001
- Similarity Product: 298.07202616021164

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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