PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16245947
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["340", "984000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to an electronic visual distress signal device. In one embodiment, the invention may comprise a waterproof housing comprising: a bulbous portion; a cylindrical portion; and a collar portion. An optical lens may be coupled to the collar portion, extend along a central lens axis, and comprise: an outer lens surface comprising a central outer flat surface located along the central lens axis and an outer convex surface radially outward of the central outer flat surface; and an inner lens surface comprising a central inner flat surface located along the central lens axis and an inner concave surface radially outward of the central inner flat surface. A light source may be positioned beneath the central inner flat surface so that light emitted from the light source passes through the optical lens. A power source may be located within the cylindrical portion.

Claim (Index 11):
The floatable visual distress signal device according to  claim 1  further comprising:\n a controller operably coupled to the light source and a power source located in the cylindrical portion, the controller configured to generate a visual SOS distress pattern with the light source; \n the light source consists of a single light emitting diode positioned so that light emitted from the single light emitting diode passes through the inner concave surface and the outer convex surface and through the central inner flat surface and the central outer flat surface; \n wherein the lens further comprises an annular sidewall that extends parallel to and circumscribes the central lens axis, the annular sidewall coupling the lens to the collar portion of the waterproof housing; \n wherein the collar portion of the waterproof housing comprises an annular upstanding sidewall that is concentric with the annular sidewall of the lens; \n wherein the annular upstanding sidewall of the waterproof housing terminates in an annular outer rim and defines a passageway into a compartment of the waterproof housing in which the light source and the power source are located, and wherein the lens is coupled to the collar portion of the waterproof housing to seal the passageway in a watertight manner; \n wherein the inner lens surface further comprises a downwardly extending protuberance radially outward of the central inner flat surface and radially inward of the inner concave surface; \n wherein each of the downwardly extending protuberance, the light emitting diode, the central inner flat surface, and the central outer flat surface are concentric with and surround the central lens axis; \n one or more perch legs extending upward from the power source, through a portion of the compartment formed by the bulbous top portion, and into the passageway defined by the annular upstanding sidewall of collar portion; and \n the one or more perch legs supporting a circuit board mounting plate upon which a first circuit board is positioned, the single light emitting diode mounted to the first circuit board.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50794
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16004987', '15095727', '14561197', '12427720', '13551472']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6980573363964199
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6297564619354831
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6912272489503263
- Mean Citation Score: 346.72881600000005
- Max Citation Score: 591.45776
- Similarity Product: 529.1990743974113

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