PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16060618
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["290", "053000"]

Abstract:
Point absorbing wave energy converters that do not require a rigid structure, are easy to deploy and are economically viable for a variety of deployments are disclosed herein below. The system includes a point absorber wave energy converter and a flexible component and ballast combination, where the flexible component and ballast combination includes a ballast subsystem and a flexible linear component extending from the point absorber wave energy converter to the ballast subsystem and operatively connected at one end to the ballast subsystem and at another end to the point absorber wave energy converter. The flexible component and ballast combination configured to provide a strong drag force when moving upward in a water column and a weak drag force when sinking in the water column.

Claim (Index 2):
The system of  claim 1  wherein the ballast subsystem comprises a structure substantially parallel to a midplane of the point absorber wave energy converter, and generally horizontal, the structure comprising:\n a number of openings; each one of the number of openings disposed such that fluid can flow from below a lower portion of the structure towards the point absorber wave energy converter and from above an upper portion of the structure towards the lower portion of the structure; and \n a number of covering plates; each covering plate configured to be disposed inside one opening from the number of openings and operatively attached off-center inside the one opening with a movable joint; motion stops for said each covering plate configured to position said each covering plate to allow fluid flow between below the lower portion of the structure and above the upper portion of the structure when the structure is moving downward in the water column and to substantially prevents fluid flow between below the lower portion of the structure and above the upper portion of the structure when the structure is moving upwards in the water column, in order to keep the flexible linear component under tension during a majority of a wave cycle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06349
- Patent Class: 290.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14902772', '12373421', '14402392', '14919709', '12537822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5880594440627183
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4750983851197864
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5767633381684251
- Mean Citation Score: 169.90891399999995
- Max Citation Score: 176.83649
- Similarity Product: 130.3343093387127

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

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