PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15988194
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["114", "14400R"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for mounting and controlling a motor on a kayak are disclosed. A motor may be mounted to a kayak by a single interface on the kayak and rotated using foot pegs. The control system provides for responsive input and automatic directional stabilization of the motor.

Claim (Index 1):
A motor control system for controlling a motor on a watercraft, the system comprising:\n a motor steering apparatus comprising:\n a housing configured to receive a shaft for connecting to a motor; \n a first peg linkage connected to a first foot peg; and \n a second peg linkage connected to a second foot peg, wherein movement of the first and second foot pegs moves the corresponding first and second peg linkages to rotate the shaft to thereby rotate the motor; \n a motor mount apparatus configured to be disposed rearward of an operator of the watercraft and comprising an elbow configured to attach to the housing of the motor steering apparatus and to the watercraft; and an electrical unit comprising a motor throttle control, wherein at least a portion of the first and second peg linkages and the motor throttle control are configured to be located forward of the operator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41667
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15010310', '14081861', '12987829', '13022476', '12882066']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7615631362083293
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.56630250600572
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7420370731880684
- Mean Citation Score: 269.96027200000003
- Max Citation Score: 462.62143
- Similarity Product: 383.9930407448084

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

Dataset: test