PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15938332
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["324", "501000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed system may include (1) a signal transmitter that transmits a signal for propagation along and external to a powerline conductor, (2) a signal receiver that receives at least a portion of the transmitted signal, and (3) an analysis subsystem that (a) monitors at least one characteristic of the received portion of the transmitted signal and (b) determines a status of the powerline conductor based at least in part on the at least one characteristic. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 11):
The system of  claim 1 , wherein:\n the signal transmitter comprises:\n a light signal generator that generates a light signal suitable for measuring light scattering of an optical fiber, wherein a fiber optic cable mechanically coupled to, and aligned with, a powerline conductor, comprises the optical fiber; and \n an optical coupler that couples the light signal onto the optical fiber at a first location along the fiber optic cable and the powerline conductor for propagation in the optical fiber in a first direction; \n the signal receiver comprises:\n a light signal receiver that receives, via the optical coupler, backscattered light at the first location along the fiber optic cable and the powerline conductor, wherein the backscattered light is produced by the light signal; and \n the analysis subsystem monitors at least one characteristic of the backscattered light over time to detect a failure of the powerline conductor affecting the fiber optic cable along a portion of the powerline conductor extending from the first location in the first direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84906
- Patent Class: 324.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15938348', '14410851', '15833782', '13121346', '13977496']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5785737960062337
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5001731507126724
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5707337314768777
- Mean Citation Score: 192.019838
- Max Citation Score: 259.45377
- Similarity Product: 179.82300969213725

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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