PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15750713
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["701", "021000"]

Abstract:
A method of obtaining data with a sensor of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the AUV comprising a bladder which contains a gas and is exposed to ambient water pressure. A downward thrust force is generated which causes the AUV to descend through a body of water, wherein the bladder contracts as the AUV descends due to an associated increase in the ambient water pressure, the contraction of the bladder causing the gas to compress and the AUV to become negatively buoyant. Next the AUV lands on a bed of the body of water. After the AUV has landed on the bed, the sensor is operated to obtain data with the AUV stationary and negatively buoyant and a weight of the AUV supported by the bed. After the data has been obtained, an upward thrust force is generated which overcomes the negative buoyancy of the AUV and causes the AUV to ascend through the body of water, the ascent of the AUV causing the bladder to expand due to the associated decrease in the ambient water pressure, the expansion of the bladder causing the gas to decompress and the AUV to become neutrally buoyant.

Claim (Index 10):
The AUV according to  claim 8  wherein the gas is at an elevated pressure at sea level which is greater than 150 kPa.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15292816', '15768504', '15888917', '15575807', '12697814']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4840206439644557
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5111518165575584
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.486733761223766
- Mean Citation Score: 247.236308
- Max Citation Score: 281.42184
- Similarity Product: 174.86836848142144

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