PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15988233
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["136", "251000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure include a photovoltaic system including a photovoltaic panel. The photovoltaic panel includes a solar cell layer, a protective layer provided over a first surface of the solar cell layer, a sensor positioned on an outer surface of the protective layer, and a heater positioned on an inner surface of the protective layer. A controller can receive a signal from the sensor indicative of one or more environmental conditions on the outer surface of the protective layer, and if one or more conditions meet a predetermined condition, the controller can actuate a switch to provide electrical power to the heater to heat the protective layer. The heater can include a heating wire grid that can be aligned with gaps between solar cells in the solar cell layer to prevent occlusion of the elements from the heating wire grid.

Claim (Index 1):
A photovoltaic system comprising:\n a photovoltaic panel including:\n a solar cell layer comprising a plurality of solar cells, the solar cell layer having a first surface for receiving electromagnetic radiation and a second surface opposite the first; \n a protective layer provided over the first surface of the solar cell layer, the protective layer having an inner surface that faces the first surface of the solar cell layer and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; \n a sensor positioned on the outer surface of the protective layer, the sensor being configured to output a signal representative of one or more environmental conditions on the outer surface of the protective layer; and \n a heating wire grid positioned between the inner surface of the protective layer and the first surface of the solar cell layer; \n a switch configured to selectively apply electrical power to the heating wire grid; and a controller in communication with the sensor and the switch, the controller being configured to:\n receive a signal from the sensor indicative of one or more environmental conditions on the outer surface of the protective layer; and \n if the one or more environmental conditions meet a predetermined condition, actuate the switch to apply electrical power to the heating wire grid to heat the protective layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23881
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12243431', '12386225', '12800060', '12775982', '14736884']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7373284688184855
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4755810000916797
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7111537219458048
- Mean Citation Score: 149.13175
- Max Citation Score: 157.42014
- Similarity Product: 111.3466252817881

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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