PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16122246
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["114", "14400R"]

Abstract:
A boat comprises a hull, a primary steering mechanism carried by the hull, a control station located on the hull, a helm located at the control station, and a thruster system carried by the hull. The primary steering mechanism, such as a rudder, is operable via the helm with a helm input being derived from operation of the primary steering mechanism thereby. The thruster system includes at least one thruster mounted to the hull, distinct from the primary steering mechanism, and a controller. The controller receives the helm input and is configured with program instructions to operate the at least one thruster responsive to the helm input to supplement a corresponding movement of the hull. The controller can also automatically operate the thruster responsive to direction, speed and ballast inputs.

Claim (Index 24):
A boat comprising:\n a hull; a rudder carried by the hull; a control station located on the hull; a helm located at the control station, the rudder being operable via the helm and a helm input being derived from operation of the rudder by the helm; and a thruster system carried by the hull, the thruster system including:\n at least one thruster mounted to the hull; and \n a controller configured with program instructions to operate the at least one thruster to supplement a corresponding movement of the hull responsive to:\n the helm input; \n a direction input indicative of forward and aft operation of the boat; and \n a speed input indicative of boat speed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10643512', '10634913', '11135410', '14562926', '10695098']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7259789861312181
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4849896703588938
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7018800545539857
- Mean Citation Score: 204.209752
- Max Citation Score: 207.56354
- Similarity Product: 162.64139019922018

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

Dataset: test