PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16171167
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["385", "137000"]

Abstract:
A method of launching a spacecraft into low Earth orbit using a non-line-of-sight optical power transfer system. The method includes generating optical power at a base station and using an optical fiber to transmit the optical power generated to a launch vehicle via an actively cooled fiber spooler thereon. The optical power received by the launch vehicle is converted to another form of energy usable by the launch vehicle. The optical power is optically focused into a reaction chamber to impinge on a refractory target. A working fluid is regeneratively fed to a heat exchanger contained within the actively cooled fiber spooler. The working fluid is pre-heated within the heat exchanger and injected into the reaction chamber where the working fluid heats and expands. The exhaust is channeled through a rocket nozzle to produce thrust. In an alternative embodiment, the optical fiber expended during launch of a spacecraft is recovered.

Claim (Index 10):
The method of  claim 9  wherein said drum spooler is servo-controlled.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9875
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14723138', '13303449', '14723206', '14810121', '14723161']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8661320882396853
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5824650488388781
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8377653842996047
- Mean Citation Score: 397.81593
- Max Citation Score: 480.70795
- Similarity Product: 460.6066108990369

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

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