PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15759599
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["361", "021000"]

Abstract:
Devices and methods for de-energizing a photovoltaic (PV) system are provided. According to an aspect of the invention, a method includes detecting a resistance between a first photovoltaic unit and ground, wherein the first photovoltaic unit is connected to at least one additional photovoltaic unit. If the resistance is less than a threshold, the first photovoltaic unit is shorted by connecting a positive conductor of the first photovoltaic unit with a negative conductor of the first photovoltaic unit. Shorting the first photovoltaic unit causes the at least one additional photovoltaic unit to detect the resistance that is less than the threshold, thereby shorting the at least one additional photovoltaic unit by connecting a positive conductor of the at least one additional photovoltaic unit with a negative conductor of the at least one additional photovoltaic unit.

Claim (Index 12):
A system comprising:\n a first photovoltaic unit that is connected to a first detection unit; and a second photovoltaic unit that is connected to a second detection unit; wherein: the first detection unit comprises a first sensor that is configured to detect a first resistance between the first photovoltaic unit and ground, the second detection unit comprises a second sensor that is configured to detect a second resistance between the second photovoltaic unit and ground, if the first resistance detected by the first sensor is less than a threshold, the first detection unit sends a first signal to connect a positive conductor of the first photovoltaic unit with a negative conductor of the first photovoltaic unit, thereby shorting the first photovoltaic unit, and shorting the first photovoltaic unit causes the second resistance detected by the second sensor to become equal to the first resistance, such that the second detection unit sends a second signal to connect a positive conductor of the second photovoltaic unit with a negative conductor of the second photovoltaic unit, thereby shorting the second photovoltaic unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68519
- Patent Class: 361.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14532883', '14511042', '12813036', '13957569', '13412480']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.826569302171139
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4786130207940006
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7917736740334252
- Mean Citation Score: 180.345424
- Max Citation Score: 212.30675
- Similarity Product: 162.29583525449038

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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