PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16199589
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["114", "321000"]

Abstract:
The invention is a watercraft to aircraft refueling system (“WARS”). A WARS is a refueling system based from a watercraft, such as a surface ship or submarine. A WARS would typically include an elevation apparatus to lift a refueling hose above the water. The elevation apparatus can compose a lifting or swiveling mechanism. In some embodiments both a lifting and swiveling mechanism is used. The WARS lifts the refueling hose above the water, allowing an aircraft to engage with the WARS. The refueling hose may also include a telescoping mechanism or a rotor apparatus or a pressurized water nozzle system to elevate the refueling hose and assist in engaging a WARS with an aircraft.

Claim (Index 1):
A watercraft to aircraft refueling system, comprising:\n a fuel tank configured to hold an aircraft fuel; a fuel hose reel and a spool; a fuel hose configured to connect to either the fuel tank to allow fuel to flow from the fuel tank through the fuel hose, wherein the connection is controlled by a valve; a drogue attached to the fuel hose; and an aerodynamic lift elevation mechanism including a canopy with a plurality of openings attached to the fuel hose, a plurality of lines connected to the canopy and attached to the fuel hose at a plurality of locations; a mast from which the fuel host extends; wherein, the fuel tank, fuel hose, drogue, aerodynamic lift elevation mechanism and mast are configured to operate from a watercraft and the aerodynamic lift elevation mechanism is operable to lift the fuel hose and drogue into the air when being towed by a submerged watercraft with the mast extending above the water; and wherein the mast is operable to extend from the submerged watercraft to above a waterline.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08197
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15723571', '14619583', '12198781', '11554967', '13972707']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7881438928172049
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5965970523711981
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7689892087726042
- Mean Citation Score: 336.9948100000001
- Max Citation Score: 529.51807
- Similarity Product: 458.6708404851431

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

Dataset: test