PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894056
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["293", "117000"]

Abstract:
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a device that can be used as a step on a vehicle. A vehicle step device and system can provide a vehicle step in a use disposition, and can retract and automatically return to the use disposition when impacted. Such a device and system can comprise a bracket that is fixed to a vehicle, such as at the bumper, and a step component that is slidably engaged with the bracket. A biasing component can be coupled between the step component and bracket, to apply a biasing force between the two, thereby keeping the step component in a sue position. Upon impact, the step can retract into the bracket, such as into the bumper, and after impact, the biasing component can return the step to the use position.

Claim (Index 11):
A system that provides a step on a vehicle bumper, comprising:\n a vehicle bumper installed on a vehicle; a bracket component fixedly engaged with the vehicle, the bracket component comprising\n one or more bracket step couplers, \n a bracket biaser coupler; and \n a vehicle coupled with the vehicle \n a step component comprising:\n a step bracket coupler slidably engaging with the one or more bracket step couplers; \n a step platform disposed in a substantially horizontal plane; and \n a step biaser coupler; and \n a biasing component that applies a biasing force to the step component and bracket component to maintain them apart, the biasing component comprising:\n a biaser step coupler engaged with the step biaser coupler; and \n a biaser bracket coupler selectably engaged with the bracket biaser coupler; \n the biasing component deforming under an applied force greater than the biasing force to allow the step to retract into the bracket, and the biasing component returning to a substantially non-deformed status when the applied force is removed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45902
- Patent Class: 293.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15700750', '11679576', '15133830', '15785944', '15620289']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6501987445779537
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4296649969970452
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6281453698198629
- Mean Citation Score: 138.21143080000002
- Max Citation Score: 161.78396999999995
- Similarity Product: 129.13054726586577

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