PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15869309
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["303", "020000"]

Abstract:
A shock absorber has a valve controlling the flow rate of fluid between a first chamber and a second chamber. The shock absorber may include a blocker that has a variable profile. The blocker may be rotatable using an external adjuster to position the blocker to variably occlude an aperture and vary the damping of the suspension. A bias may also be positioned adjacent the blocker to allow force from the fluid to move the blocker and expose the aperture, thereby allowing fluid to flow through the entirety of the aperture.

Claim (Index 1):
A damped bicycle suspension containing a substantially incompressible fluid, comprising:\n (a) a valve body defining at least one aperture having a shape and size and allowing passage of the substantially incompressible fluid between a first chamber and a second chamber; (b) a blocker configured to be capable of rotational movement about, and axial movement along, an axis of rotation, wherein each of the axial and rotational movements is substantially independent of one another; (c) a bias positioned against one end of the blocker and axially urging the blocker to a position where the blocker exclusively blocks passage of the substantially incompressible fluid between the chambers; and (d) an adjuster connected to the blocker and configured to rotationally move the blocker; wherein the blocker is rotationally positionable in a fully open position, where an opening defined in the blocker is maximally adjacent the at least one aperture; and wherein the blocker is rotationally positionable in a fully closed position, where the opening defined in the blocker is maximally away from the at least one aperture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 116.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81132
- Patent Class: 303.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15084757', '15398286', '13774086', '11501996', '14676071']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7538434632835795
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5467347374268541
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.733132590697907
- Mean Citation Score: 254.984958
- Max Citation Score: 420.25638
- Similarity Product: 331.1091683497238

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

Dataset: test