PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16066034
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["114", "264000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a semi-submersible offshore structure. More particularly, the invention relates to a low motion semi-submersible offshore structure that has improved stability in deep water. The low motion semi-submersible experiences relatively lesser heave, pitch and wave motions compared to conventional semi-submersibles when the semi-submersible is operating in harsh offshore environments.

Claim (Index 1):
A low motion semi-submersible offshore structure, comprising:\n a deck box; a submersible lower hull comprising a ring pontoon having an annular pontoon body with a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer circumferential wall, an inner circumferential wall, and a plurality of spaced-apart through holes extending from the bottom surface of the ring pontoon to the top surface of the ring pontoon; a plurality of main columns extending upwardly from the pontoon body to the deck box for supporting the deck box above a water surface; and a plurality of pencil columns, each of the pencil columns having an upper end and a lower end, with each of the pencil columns positioned between two main columns and extending upwardly from the respective spaced-apart through hole to the deck box; and wherein each of the pencil columns having a water chamber provided within the pencil column for receiving water through the through hole and entrapping water within the pencil column for dampening pitch and wave motions of the semi-submersible during operation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48718
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14885837', '15410674', '12776374', '13641909', '15148745']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7961079717666245
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5237460736593239
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7688717819558945
- Mean Citation Score: 338.5385100000001
- Max Citation Score: 350.1940600000001
- Similarity Product: 286.08877025450954

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

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