PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "160000"]

Abstract:
A trenching assembly lays a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, the trenching assembly including a trench digging device having a main body; at least four ground contact units, each unit having a height adjustment device, to position each ground contact unit with respect to the main body independently. A trench cutting tool digs in the bed includes a cutting depth adjustment device, for positioning the cutting tool with respect to the main body. A detection device detects bed bathymetry. A control device simultaneously allows cooperation between the detection device, the height adjustment device of each ground contact unit, and the cutting depth adjustment device. A command device cooperates with the control device to adjustment each ground contact unit and the cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain a trench having a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance and a predetermined burial depth.

Claim (Index 18):
Trenching assembly according to  claim 11 , wherein said control device is suitable for actuating a feedback control on inclination of said main body to actuate said control device to affect at least said height adjustment device of at least one of said ground contact units, to maintain constant balance conditions, or gradually variable balance conditions, of said trench digging device; and/or wherein to maintain the constant balance conditions, or gradually variable balance conditions, a range of variation of the inclination angle of the main body is between 0\u00b0 and 5\u00b0 every 10 meters of movement of the trench digging device on the bed; and/or wherein said control device is suitable for performing a feedback loop control on a position of said cutting tool to actuate said command device to affect said height adjustment device of at least one of said ground contact units and/or said cutting depth adjustment device, to maintain the constant balance conditions, or gradually variable balance conditions of said trench digging device; and/or wherein to maintain the constant balance conditions, or gradually variable balance conditions, the range of variation of the inclination angle of the main body is between 0\u00b0 and 5\u00b0 every 10 meters of movement of the trench digging device on the bed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53125
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13510880', '12425301', '15111303', '14767863', '11010467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7655741432348996
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4889369409993068
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7379104230113404
- Mean Citation Score: 178.74970000000005
- Max Citation Score: 189.78374
- Similarity Product: 129.87956840256928

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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