PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885785
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["440", "075000"]

Abstract:
An outboard motor and methods of use thereof in general, includes a powerhead removeably affixed to the transom of a boat, and a gear case rotationally connected to a propeller shaft, the outboard motor including a telescopic drive shaft, the telescopic drive shaft having a first drive shaft section rotationally connected to the motor and a second drive shaft section rotationally connected to the gear case, and a telescopic drive shaft housing, the telescopic drive shaft housing configured to support the telescopic drive shaft internally therethrough, whereby the telescopic drive shaft and the telescopic drive shaft housing are configured to provide depth adjustment for the gear case and the propeller shaft, and thus enable the propeller to be raised and lowered during propulsion to improve propulsion efficiency.

Claim (Index 1):
An outboard motor for attachment to a transom of a craft, said outboard motor comprising:\n a powerhead affixed to the transom of the craft; a drive shaft rotationally positioned therein a drive shaft housing, said drive shaft having a first shaft section rotationally connected to said powerhead and a second shaft section rotationally connected to a propeller shaft; a first housing bearing to rotationally support a first drive shaft housing end and second housing bearing to rotationally support a second drive shaft housing end; and a steering mechanism affixed thereto the transom and coupled to said drive shaft housing; wherein said steering mechanism is configured to provide independent rotation of said drive shaft housing and said propeller shaft relative to said powerhead to facilitate navigational control of the craft.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51852
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15188330', '13230810', '12383290', '15317884', '10992253']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5941966191038917
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6039769920622271
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5951746563997252
- Mean Citation Score: 357.259538
- Max Citation Score: 553.1939
- Similarity Product: 496.06009561725256

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

Dataset: test