PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15895304
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["114", "330000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are an improved nozzle for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), and a method for operating the same. The nozzle includes a first rigid member operatively coupled to a UUV steering mechanism. The nozzle also has a second rigid member, coupled to the first rigid member by a flexible bellows according to a configurable operating angle. The nozzle does not extend beyond a bounding surface when stored but does when deployed. Water traversing the first rigid member and contacting the second rigid member produces a reactive force according to the configurable operating angle. Simultaneous and independent control of the volume of fluid traversing several such nozzles in the UUV, and their respective orientations and operating angles, permits automatic station-keeping or navigation according to another guidance objective.

Claim (Index 16):
A vehicle according to  claim 10 , further comprising a third rigid member for retaining the nozzle to the steering mechanism, the third rigid member mechanically coupled to the second rigid member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79221
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13923104', '12511704', '13589321', '13179947', '10684143']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7511510703535539
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.474310550703715
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.72346701838857
- Mean Citation Score: 131.380708
- Max Citation Score: 133.8611
- Similarity Product: 89.5074175094664

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

Dataset: test