PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040226
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["345", "161000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.

Claim (Index 11):
The video game controller of  claim 9 , wherein at least a portion of the one or more thumbsticks is replaceable to vary a color of the one or more thumbsticks between at least two different colors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79012
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15908625', '15730298', '15803600', '15605797', '15605817']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7541688453059828
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5641278210632278
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7351647428817074
- Mean Citation Score: 430.686124
- Max Citation Score: 453.046
- Similarity Product: 391.4228159465789

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