PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947194
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["177", "136000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to detect and/or classify a vehicle occupant, such as a passenger seated within the cockpit of a vehicle. An occupant classification system includes an occupant weight sensor, an occupant presence sensor, and a logic device configured to communicate with the occupant sensors. The occupant weight sensor includes at least first and second conductive electrodes separated by a dielectric layer, top and bottom protective plastic layers configured to support the respective first and second conductive electrodes, and adhesive layers disposed between the plastic layers and the conductive electrodes and between the conductive electrodes and the dielectric layer. The top protective plastic layer is longer and/or wider than the first conductive electrode and the bottom protective plastic layer is longer and/or wider than the second conductive electrode to provide edge protection against electrical shorts for the first and second conductive electrodes.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of forming an occupant weight sensor configured to provide occupant weight sensor signals associated with a passenger seat for a vehicle, the method comprising:\n forming first and second conductive electrodes; forming a dielectric layer configured to separate the first and second conductive electrodes; forming first and second protective plastic layers configured to support the respective first and second conductive electrodes, wherein the first protective plastic layer is longer and/or wider than the first conductive electrode and the second protective plastic layer is longer and/or wider than the second conductive electrode; and applying adhesive layers between the first protective plastic layer and the first conductive electrode, the second protective plastic layer and the second conductive electrode, the first conductive electrode and the dielectric layer, and the second conductive electrode and the dielectric layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21429
- Patent Class: 177.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16072475', '11266091', '11475107', '11948730', '12169431']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5896369266356621
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4879009604013812
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.579463330012234
- Mean Citation Score: 205.568734
- Max Citation Score: 211.15443
- Similarity Product: 143.99459310480952

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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