PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16196034
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["384", "420000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a semi-annular-shaped half thrust bearing having a sliding surface for receiving an axial force and a back surface opposite to the sliding surface. The sliding surface includes a plurality of recesses. Each recess has a recess surface recessed from the sliding surface toward the back surface of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface is convex toward the back surface of the half thrust bearing in cross-sectional view in a circumferential direction of the half thrust bearing. The recess surface includes a plurality of circumferential grooves recessed from the recess surface toward the back surface of the half thrust bearing. The circumferential grooves extend along the circumferential direction of the half thrust bearing, and smooth surfaces and the circumferential grooves are alternately arranged on the recess surface.

Claim (Index 3):
The half thrust bearing according to  claim 1 , wherein a depth of the circumferential groove is 0.2 to 3 \u03bcm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83333
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15246714', '14967800', '14964912', '15246672', '15986962']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8415929511281596
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5245688373262003
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8098905397479637
- Mean Citation Score: 350.973276
- Max Citation Score: 352.6017
- Similarity Product: 266.9357430645347

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