PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["440", "06100S"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for use with a marine vessel having a first steerable propeller and a second steerable propeller is disclosed. The apparatus and method providing for movement of the first and second steerable propellers relative to each other and also maintains a minimum distance between the first and second steerable propellers so as to prevent the first and second steerable from contacting each other. Also disclosed is a control system and method to control the first steerable propeller and the second steerable propeller to provide the fixed distance between the first and second steerable propellers and so as to individually control the first steerable propeller and the second steerable propellers to allow the first steerable propeller and the second steerable propeller to move relative to each other.

Claim (Index 54):
The apparatus of  claim 51 , wherein the actuating tie-bar is operable to adjustably hold the first and second drives apart by a distance in a range of distances.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.86957
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13241192', '14850939', '11567204', '13289458', '12573721']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6794309677100863
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.556574398197325
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6671453107588101
- Mean Citation Score: 377.740674
- Max Citation Score: 530.518
- Similarity Product: 320.5186776361465

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

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