PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15950933
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["175", "073000"]

Abstract:
A slip ring apparatus including a ring assembly having a conductive ring with a conductive ring engagement surface, a contact assembly having a contact element with a contact element engagement surface for engaging with the conductive ring engagement surface, and a surface discontinuity provided in at least one of the conductive ring engagement surface and the contact element engagement surface. An apparatus including the slip ring apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a housing having an interior and a shaft rotatably extending through the interior of the housing. A method for reducing the potential of a hydroplaning effect in a slip ring apparatus, including providing a surface discontinuity in at least one of a conductive ring engagement surface and a contact element engagement surface.

Claim (Index 7):
The slip ring apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein an extent to which the surface discontinuity is recognizable provides an indicator of wear so that the surface discontinuity provides a wear indicator function.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.02326
- Patent Class: 175.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15177700', '14079158', '15125792', '14078880', '10953759']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7248062970726197
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4868398392396789
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7010096512893256
- Mean Citation Score: 242.471242
- Max Citation Score: 298.18448
- Similarity Product: 271.4455660175228

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

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