PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16365606
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["315", "307000"]

Abstract:
A flashlight uses a reverse battery protection circuit to prevent current from flowing in a power control circuit when at least one battery is held in a reversed orientation, rather than a correct orientation, in a battery compartment of the flashlight.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for preventing a flashlight from operating when at at least one battery is inserted into a battery compartment of the flashlight in a reversed orientation, comprising the steps of using a reverse battery protection circuit to prevent current from flowing in a power control circuit when said at least one battery is held in a reversed orientation, rather than a correct orientation, in the battery compartment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.375
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15710273', '16128398', '15370794', '12188233', '15238629']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7520079369158387
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.510969960791191
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7279041393033739
- Mean Citation Score: 320.481988
- Max Citation Score: 323.59793
- Similarity Product: 312.80989602475944

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

Dataset: test