PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980152
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["290", "00100C"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a module for converting wave energy, consisting of a floating enclosure comprising a hull which communicates its pitching movement to an eccentric mass capable of rotating without backlash about a central axis, and characterized in that: —the pitching is encouraged by the particular profile of the hull and by dynamically adjustable mobile ballast, —the eccentric mass takes the form of an autonomous carriage describing an orbit along a set of circular rails by means of sets of rollers which limit friction and spread load, —an electric generator, mounted on the carriage, meshes with a set of racks of which the pitch, potentially variable, facilitates the electrical conversion, —a generator control system governs the movement of the carriage so as to optimize the extraction of energy.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of producing electricity by extraction of wave energy by means of a conversion module according to  claim 1 , wherein said method comprises at least the 4 following steps:\n 1) during a phase of increasing inclination, under the effect of an incident wave, the trajectory of the carriage is located near a prow of the module, where the carriage gains gravitational potential energy, 2) when the maximal inclination of the module is reached, the carriage accelerates downwards, while the carriage's gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, 3) during the phase of decreasing inclination, after the module has tipped over the crest of the wave, the trajectory of the carriage is located near a rear-end of the module, where the carriage gains gravitational potential energy again, and 4) when the inclination is maximal, the rear-end of the module being lifted up by the wave, the carriage accelerates, converting the carriage's potential energy to kinetic energy again.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59091
- Patent Class: 290.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15118431', '13639743', '12257585', '11955469', '11681816']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5582272417366633
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5038527397169887
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5527897915346959
- Mean Citation Score: 175.807752
- Max Citation Score: 292.29303
- Similarity Product: 289.6414504836542

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

Dataset: test