PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15943700
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["307", "080000"]

Abstract:
A control circuit includes a first input coupled to a power source, a second input coupled to an output of a power supply, and an output coupled to an input of the power supply. The control circuit senses current at the power supply output. If the sensed current exceeds a threshold, the control circuit connects the power supply input to the power source. If sensed current does not exceed the threshold, the control circuit disconnects the power supply input from the power source and applies a voltage to the power supply output. If the sensed current exceeds the threshold while the power supply input is disconnected from the power source and while the control circuit is applying voltage to the power supply output, the control circuit discontinues application of voltage to the power supply output and connects the power supply input to the power source.

Claim (Index 10):
A control circuit to reduce electrical energy consumption by a power supply comprising:\n a first electronic switch having an input connected to a power source and having an output selectively connected to an input of the power supply to connect the input of the power supply to the power source; a load detector having an input selectively coupled to the output of the power supply, the load detector having a first output connected to a node adapted to be connected to a load to sense load current; a voltage source to supply a voltage; a second electronic switch having an input connected to the output of the power supply and an output selectively coupled to the load to cause the output of the power supply to be coupled to the load when the input of the power supply is connected by the first electronic switch to the power source and to cause the voltage not to be applied to the load when the input of the power supply is selectively connected by the first electronic switch to the power source; a third electronic switch having an input connected to the voltage source and an output selectively coupled to the load to cause the voltage to be applied to the load when the input of the power supply is not selectively connected by the first electronic switch to the power source and to cause the voltage not to be applied to the load when the input of the power supply is selectively connected by the first electronic switch to the power source; a comparator circuit having an input connected to a second output of the load detector to compare the sensed load current to a threshold and having an output coupled to the first electronic switch, the second electronic switch, and the third electronic switch to one of a) cause the first electronic switch to connect the input of the power supply to the power source and the second electronic switch to couple the output of the power supply to the load if the sensed load current exceeds the threshold and b) cause the first electronic switch to disconnect the input of the power supply from the power source and the third electronic switch to couple the voltage to the load when the sensed load current does not exceed the threshold.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.69048
- Patent Class: 307.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13844654', '14304774', '15157724', '15157732', '14487639']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8018675184913098
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5141005090843064
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7730908175506095
- Mean Citation Score: 229.238438
- Max Citation Score: 344.44128
- Similarity Product: 333.7794024098969

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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