PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16061171
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["200", "345000"]

Abstract:
A switch, keyboard and associated methods are provided. In one implementation, the switch includes a housing having a protruding portion configured to be received in an aperture formed on a substrate, a plunger operable to move with respect to the housing, a first contact member located in the housing, and a second contact member extending from the protruding portion of the housing. The second contact member is operable to, based at least in part on the plunger being moved in a first direction, deform to a predefined extent to electrically contact the first contact member. The switch provides a low profile appearance but not compromising the smooth and quickly responsive striking motion for a mechanical switch, such that a clean design can be provided while the input experience and durability are maintained. A keyboard is also provided.

Claim (Index 15):
A method comprising:\n based at least in part on a force applied by a user onto a plunger of a switch, causing the plunger to be moved with respect to a housing of the switch in a first direction, the housing having a protruding portion received in an aperture formed on a substrate; and causing a second contact member to deform to a predefined extent to electrically contact a first contact member located in the housing, the second contact member extending from the protruding portion of the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85185
- Patent Class: 200.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15771766', '13362711', '14651637', '15985332', '10739252']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7631928185215257
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4063649968614891
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.727510036355522
- Mean Citation Score: 108.007551
- Max Citation Score: 110.21104
- Similarity Product: 82.32606141701699

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

Dataset: test