PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921535
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["441", "079000"]

Abstract:
A fin for use on a surfboard, the fin comprising: a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a base, the base comprising at least one mount for mounting the fin onto a surfboard; a first and a second outer fin surface which meet along the leading edge and the trailing edge and abut the base; and a first ridge protruding laterally from the first outer fin surface, and/or a second ridge protruding laterally from the second outer fin surface; wherein the shape and configuration of the fin creates an area of lower water pressure around and in front of the fin, as well as disrupting and/or reducing the size of trailing vortices, resulting in additional forward thrust for the board on which the fin is mounted.

Claim (Index 19):
A fin according to  claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises one or more mounting blocks capable of attaching to commercially available fin plug and fin box systems, or a base attachment plate comprising a substantially flat base attachment surface which contacts the external bottom surface of a surfboard on to which it is mounted.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19048
- Patent Class: 441.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15760215', '15110392', '15150136', '15215872', '11764027']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.687615053242683
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5138953353511085
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6702430814535256
- Mean Citation Score: 269.84969599999994
- Max Citation Score: 331.28763
- Similarity Product: 275.2862278313541

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

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