PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16031866
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["362", "284000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus creating a flickering flame effect. The apparatus includes a housing with an interior space with first and second stages. A drive mechanism generates a time varying electromagnetic field extending into the first stage. A first pendulum member is pivotally mounted in the interior space of the first stage and includes first and second magnets on first and second ends, with the first end proximate to the drive mechanism such that the first magnet interacts with the varying electromagnetic field to cause movement of the pendulum member. The apparatus includes a second pendulum member pivotally mounted in the second stage with a magnet on a first end proximate to the second end of the first pendulum member. A flame silhouette element extends from the second pendulum member, and a light source transmits light onto the flame silhouette, which is moving due to the magnetic coupling of the pendulum members.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for simulating a flickering flame effect, comprising:\n a housing including an interior space; a pendulum member mounted within the interior space, the pendulum member including first and second ends and a hole disposed at a location between the first and second ends, wherein the pendulum member further includes a flame-shaped piece at the second end such that at least a portion of the flame-shaped piece extends outwardly from the housing; a light source disposed within the housing to selectively transmit light onto the flame-shaped piece; a drive mechanism positioned in the housing and operating to provide kinetic motion at the first end of the pendulum member; and a support member coupled to the housing, wherein the pendulum member is suspended within the interior space by the support member, wherein the support element is configured to pass through the hole, and wherein the hole has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the support element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44615
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14740387', '12986496', '13758057', '14016339', '13874194']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.858040052813913
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5467191932053075
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8269079668530525
- Mean Citation Score: 382.39636
- Max Citation Score: 405.23413
- Similarity Product: 401.9142093448466

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

Dataset: test