PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16060618
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["290", "053000"]

Abstract:
Point absorbing wave energy converters that do not require a rigid structure, are easy to deploy and are economically viable for a variety of deployments are disclosed herein below. The system includes a point absorber wave energy converter and a flexible component and ballast combination, where the flexible component and ballast combination includes a ballast subsystem and a flexible linear component extending from the point absorber wave energy converter to the ballast subsystem and operatively connected at one end to the ballast subsystem and at another end to the point absorber wave energy converter. The flexible component and ballast combination configured to provide a strong drag force when moving upward in a water column and a weak drag force when sinking in the water column.

Claim (Index 10):
The system of  claim 8  wherein the ballast subsystem comprises a structure having:\n at least one section substantially parallel to a midplane of the point absorber wave energy converter, and generally horizontal; vertical walls substantially perpendicular to said at least one section; \n an opening in each said at least one section, the opening extending from a location proximate to a first location in said at least one section to a location proximate to one of the vertical walls; \n a covering plate in each said at least one section; the covering plate attached to said at least one section at the first location by a movable joint; \n a torsional spring configured to position the covering plate in order to allow fluid flow between below a lower portion of the structure and above an upper portion of the structure; and \n another opening in each said at least one section; the flexible linear component being attached to the covering plate through said another opening at a second location between the first location and a point in the covering plate closest to another vertical wall; the second location being such that tension in the flexible linear component produces a moment at a location of the movable joint opposite a moment of the torsional spring; the second location selected such that when tension in the flexible linear component is greater than the predetermined threshold value, a resulting moment positions the covering plate to substantially prevent fluid flow between the lower portion of the structure and above the upper portion of the structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06349
- Patent Class: 290.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14902772', '12373421', '14402392', '14919709', '12537822']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6137771727745621
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.488557647471014
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6012552202442073
- Mean Citation Score: 169.90891399999995
- Max Citation Score: 176.83649
- Similarity Product: 117.28915761774064

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

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