PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050289
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["135", "071000"]

Abstract:
Various features for improving the performance of crutches are provided. A crutch can flex at one or more locations or include composite material to provide energy storage and return to the user during ambulation. In some aspects, a crutch is provided that can propel the user forward during ambulation. The crutch can be hollow at one or more locations to allow for increased flexibility and narrower at one or more locations to enhance springiness of the crutch.

Claim (Index 37):
The crutch of  claim 32 , further comprising a blade member proximate to the distal member, wherein the blade member is configured to contact an upper surface of the distal member during ambulation to increase the stiffness of the crutch, wherein the increase in stiffness of the crutch is based at least in part on a level of load applied by the user to the crutch during ambulation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64
- Patent Class: 135.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15610372', '15849631', '11643677', '13315095', '14716750']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7357613615359734
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5706203919357048
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7192472645759465
- Mean Citation Score: 309.409148
- Max Citation Score: 557.3638
- Similarity Product: 392.84532676001777

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