PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16422628
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["343", "754000"]

Abstract:
A radio frequency antenna array uses multiple lenses, and mechanically movable elements, to provide ground-based and sky-based coverage for multiple object communication and tracking. The antenna array includes at least two spherical lenses, where each spherical lens has at least two associated RF elements. A third lens is added, along with at least two additional RF elements to narrow and track the overlapped beams from the first and second lenses. Each lens also includes a sub-controller configured to adjust a phase of the signals produced by the RF elements. The antenna includes a control mechanism configured to enable a user to move the RF elements along their respective tracks, and automatically configure the phase shifter to modify a phase of the output signals from the elements based on the relative positions between the RF elements. The overlapped beams track independent targets, such as satellites, across an area.

Claim (Index 1):
A communication system, comprising:\n at least first and second lenses within the array of lenses; the first lens has a first element oriented to produce a first output beam, and a second element oriented to produce a second output beam; the second lens has a third element oriented to produce a third output beam, and a fourth element oriented to produce a fourth output beam; a controller configured to combine at least the first output beam and the third output beam to produce a first overlapped beam, by constructive interference; wherein the first output beam comprises a first output area, and the first overlapped beam comprises a second output area within the first output area; wherein the controller is further configured to combine at least the second output beam and the fourth output beam to produce a second overlapped beam, by constructive interference; wherein the second output beam comprises a third output area, and the second overlapped beam produces a fourth output area within the third output area; and wherein the controller is further configured to electronically phase shift at least the first and third output beams to effectively move the first overlapped beam across the first output area, and the controller is further configured to electronically phase shift at least the second and fourth output beams to effectively move the second overlapped beam across the third output area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86047
- Patent Class: 343.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15289531', '16208443', '15698850', '14958607', '16101354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7870404003328231
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4769127815128921
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7560276384508301
- Mean Citation Score: 181.449806
- Max Citation Score: 195.09901
- Similarity Product: 148.53328897087215

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

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