PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "160000"]

Abstract:
A trenching assembly lays a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, the trenching assembly including a trench digging device having a main body; at least four ground contact units, each unit having a height adjustment device, to position each ground contact unit with respect to the main body independently. A trench cutting tool digs in the bed includes a cutting depth adjustment device, for positioning the cutting tool with respect to the main body. A detection device detects bed bathymetry. A control device simultaneously allows cooperation between the detection device, the height adjustment device of each ground contact unit, and the cutting depth adjustment device. A command device cooperates with the control device to adjustment each ground contact unit and the cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain a trench having a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance and a predetermined burial depth.

Claim (Index 11):
A trenching assembly for laying a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, said continuous pipeline being suitable for being buried in said trench, said trench extending predominantly along a longitudinal direction; said trenching assembly comprising:\n a trench digging device, comprising: a main body; at least four ground contact units, wherein each ground contact unit comprises at least one height adjustment device, suitable for affecting at least a position of each ground contact unit with respect to said main body independently from the other ground contact units; at least one trench cutting tool, suitable for digging in said bed to obtain said trench, wherein said trench cutting tool comprises a cutting depth adjustment device, suitable for affecting the position of said cutting tool with respect to said main body; at least one detection device, suitable for detecting the bathymetry of the bed during the excavation; at least one control device, suitable for simultaneously allowing cooperation between at least:\n said detection device, and \n said height adjustment device of each of said ground contact units, and \n said cutting depth adjustment device; \n at least one command device, said at least one command device cooperating with said at least one control device for affecting said height adjustment device of each of said ground contact units and of said cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain said trench having a height difference along the longitudinal direction lower than a predefined tolerance and having a predetermined burial depth.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53125
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13510880', '12425301', '15111303', '14767863', '11010467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7448814187894526
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4798935642295099
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7183826333334583
- Mean Citation Score: 178.74970000000005
- Max Citation Score: 189.78374
- Similarity Product: 138.93920737730264

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

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