PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050779
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["135", "072000"]

Abstract:
A saddle for a crutch to assist a user in walking. The saddle comprises a frame having a support membrane disposed thereon, the frame and support membrane providing an inner lobe configured to rest against a torso of the user during use, an outer lobe configured to rest against an arm of the user during use, and a top portion connecting the inner lobe and the outer lobe and forming a U-shaped channel having an curved upper surface configured to fit within an armpit of the user with the U-shaped channel open along at least a portion of a downward facing side. A pivoting joint is attached. A spring mechanism having an upper portion is attached to the pivoting joint such that the joint is configured to allow the spring mechanism to move with respect to the frame along an arced path.

Claim (Index 32):
The saddle of  claim 28 , wherein the spring mechanism includes a spring that is at least partially compressed by the spring mechanism regardless of a load on the saddle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19118
- Patent Class: 135.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15375731', '13052703', '12754115', '13729860', '12754136']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7971087998241067
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5269058699741054
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7700885068391066
- Mean Citation Score: 359.98081399999984
- Max Citation Score: 390.545
- Similarity Product: 310.2280350023508

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

Dataset: test