PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921557
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
One variation of tactile interface includes: a flexible substrate configured to deform to a first offset in response to application of a deflecting force on the flexible substrate; a tactile layer defining a tactile surface and configured to deform to a second offset in response to application of the deflecting force on the tactile surface; and a tie layer configured to retain the tactile layer against the substrate, the tie layer defining a first surface contacting the flexible substrate and a second surface contacting the tactile layer, the first surface of the tie layer configured to stretch by the first offset to maintain contact with the substrate and the second surface of the tie layer configured to stretch by the second offset to maintain contact with the tactile layer.

Claim (Index 10):
The tactile interface of  claim 1 :\n wherein the tactile layer comprises a deformable portion; and wherein the substrate comprises a particular portion, defining a first fluid vessel, and coupled to the tactile layer at an attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, the deformable portion of the tactile layer and the substrate cooperating to define a first cavity at a first depth from the surface and fluidly coupled to the first fluid vessel; and further comprising:\n a second substrate coupled to the first substrate and defining a second fluid vessel, the first substrate and the second substrate cooperating with the particular portion of the first substrate to define a second cavity at a second depth from the surface and fluidly coupled to the second fluid vessel; and \n a displacement device fluidly coupled to the first fluid vessel and the second fluid vessel, selectively manipulating fluid in the first fluid vessel into the first cavity to transition the deformable portion of the layer from a retracted setting to an expanded setting tactilely distinguishable from the surface, and selectively manipulating fluid in the second fluid vessel into the second cavity to deform the particular portion and the deformable portion from the retracted setting to a second expanded setting.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.46154
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14035851', '14495709', '14480331', '14552312', '14552322']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6776697816615184
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4846994667272573
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6583727501680923
- Mean Citation Score: 203.107338
- Max Citation Score: 238.61012
- Similarity Product: 191.85710486464023

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

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