PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16105622
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["131", "328000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes; more particularly, to electronic cigarettes and chargers. In various embodiments, the e-cigarette includes a power supply portion comprising a power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion comprising a liquid reservoir and an atomizer, the atomizer operable when connected to the power supply to atomize liquid stored in the liquid reservoir, and control electronics, where the control electronics are configured to execute a set of computer readable instructions to place the electronic smoking device in an operation mode, a communication mode, and a charge mode. Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a charger for an electronic smoking device. Aspects of the disclosure are further directed to a system comprising an electronic smoking device and a charger. Aspects of the disclosure are further directed to a method for charging an electronic smoking device.

Claim (Index 11):
A system comprising:\n an electronic smoking device comprising\n a battery, \n an eCig memory storing a first set of computer-readable instructions, and \n control electronics configured to execute the first set of computer-readable instructions to place the electronic smoking device in a first plurality of modes; and \n a charger comprising\n a charger memory storing a second set of computer-readable instructions, and \n a charger processor configured to execute the second set of computer-readable instructions to place the charger in a second plurality of modes; \n wherein each of the first plurality of modes has at least one complementary mode in the second plurality of modes, and wherein the control electronics and the charger processor are configured to communicate and to negotiate a charge rate for charging the battery when the electronic smoking device is electrically connected to the charger.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52459
- Patent Class: 131.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15219195', '15219226', '15576663', '15123045', '15563881']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8228284843238461
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5427391061031726
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7948195465017788
- Mean Citation Score: 225.679918
- Max Citation Score: 399.91617
- Similarity Product: 371.18319360903206

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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