PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059521
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["340", "650000"]

Abstract:
A system for monitoring the integrity of a plurality of ground conductors has a plurality of monitors, with a different monitor associated with each ground conductor. Each monitor includes a voltage sensor which monitors voltage on a closed circuit of the monitor. Upon the voltage sensor sensing an unexpected voltage, a transmitter of the monitor issues an “alarm” signal, which may be wireless (e.g., being sent using LoRaWAN protocol). The transmitter may issue other signals, including a periodic “heartbeat” signal to confirm continued operation of the monitor, and a “movement” signal to indicate movement of the monitor. The monitor may be GPS-enabled, in which case each signal may include the GPS coordinates of the monitor. The signals issued by the transmitter may ultimately be analyzed by an operator via a user interface platform, which may simultaneously display information regarding two or more of the plurality of monitors.

Claim (Index 17):
A sensor node for monitoring the integrity of a ground conductor having first and second portions, the sensor node comprising:\n a power source; a first monitor wire configured to be electrically coupled to the first portion of the ground conductor; a second monitor wire configured to be electrically coupled to the second portion of the ground conductor; a voltage sensor configured to sense the voltage on the first and second monitor wires; and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit wireless signals including a \u201ctheft\u201d signal and a \u201cheartbeat\u201d signal, wherein the \u201ctheft\u201d signal is transmitted upon the voltage sensor sensing an unexpected voltage on the first and second monitor wires and the \u201cheartbeat\u201d signal is periodically transmitted to confirm the continued operation of the sensor node.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96512
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15298725', '15047875', '15341504', '13907057', '14084978']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6519146285987241
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4746488503320415
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6341880507720558
- Mean Citation Score: 134.633332
- Max Citation Score: 141.74803
- Similarity Product: 103.18899833379568

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

Dataset: test