PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16258594
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["348", "084000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to the inspection of pipes, and the like, and more particularly to the remote inspection of ferromagnetic pipes. The invention teaches apparatus comprising, in combination: a vehicle equipped with a plurality of wheels capable of propelling the vehicle within a predetermined ferromagnetic environment to be inspected; means for remotely applying drive forces to said wheels; said wheels including a plurality of passive non-driven rollers; said passive rollers including magnetized means; means for acquiring visual images of the condition of said pipes; and means for remotely accessing said visual images; thereby enabling remote inspection of said pipes. An immediate environment in which the use of the present invention is contemplated is in inspection of ferromagnetic pipes which are located above and/or below ground.

Claim (Index 2):
Apparatus for inspecting ferromagnetic pipes from a remote driving location, comprising, in combination:\n a vehicle equipped with a plurality of wheels capable of propelling the vehicle within a predetermined ferromagnetic environment to be inspected; means for applying drive forces to said wheels from said remote location; said wheels including a plurality of passive non-driven rollers which are relatively passive and independent of said drive forces; wherein said passive rollers include magnetized means; means for acquiring visual images of the condition of said pipes; means for transmitting said visual images to said remote driving location; and thereby enabling a person's inspection of said pipes at said remote driving location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02899
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14066026', '14553876', '15370549', '15431745', '13210899']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5744324394509256
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4733599836823801
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.564325193874071
- Mean Citation Score: 115.984015
- Max Citation Score: 128.77647
- Similarity Product: 86.68735489095747

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

Dataset: test