PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018957
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "012550"]

Abstract:
A remote control device may control electrical loads and/or load control devices of a load control system without accessing electrical wiring. The remote control device may include a control unit and a base for the control unit. The base may include a frame and a mounting tab that attaches to the paddle actuator of a mechanical switch. The mounting tab may be monolithic with the frame. Alternatively, the base may include a resilient attachment member that extends from the frame and is captively retained by the mounting tab. The frame and the attachment member may be configured such that the attachment member is held in a fixed in position by the frame, or such that the attachment member is translatable relative to the frame. The base may include one or more alignment members. The base may cause a rear surface of the frame to be biased against the mechanical switch.

Claim (Index 21):
A remote control device for use in a load control system, the remote control device configured to be mounted over an installed mechanical switch that controls whether power is delivered to an electrical load, the remote control device comprising:\n a mounting tab that is configured to be attached to a protruding portion of a paddle actuator of the mechanical switch, the protruding portion projecting outward when the mechanical switch is operated into a position that causes power to be delivered to the electrical load; a frame that defines an opening that is configured to receive the protruding portion of the paddle actuator therein, wherein when the protruding portion is received in the opening the frame at least partially surrounds the paddle actuator; and a control unit that is configured to be attached to the frame, the control unit including a control interface and a wireless communication circuit, the control unit configured to translate a user input from the control interface into a control signal that controls a load control device, the control unit further configured to cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit the control signal, wherein the mounting tab and the frame are configured to, when the remote control device is mounted over the mechanical switch, cause a rear surface of the frame to be biased against a structure that surrounds the paddle actuator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 110.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42424
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15612970', '15468661', '15612130', '15469427', '14748906']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6510542974256234
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.52174211971676
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6381230796547371
- Mean Citation Score: 238.979032
- Max Citation Score: 280.56326
- Similarity Product: 200.9707103721881

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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