PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15965016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["440", "006000"]

Abstract:
A visual direction guide for a fishing boat trolling motor to enable a fisherman or other operator positioned remotely in the boat from the trolling motor to visually determine the direction of propulsion of the trolling motor so the operator can steer the motor even when the view from the operator of the trolling motor is visually obstructed by another fisherman, chair, or other object. The visual direction guide has a support shaft, a visual indicator located at the top of the support shaft, and mounting apparatus to secure the support shaft to the trolling motor, so that the visual indicator can be seen by the operator above any visual obstruction to determine the direction of propulsion of the trolling motor to remotely steer the trolling motor. The visual indicator can include a vane, and can include lights. The support shaft can telescope, fold down, or be removed for storage.

Claim (Index 11):
A steerable trolling motor apparatus, the steerable trolling motor apparatus mountable on a fishing boat having a bow to enable an operator positioned remotely in the fishing boat from the bow to visually determine a direction of propulsion of the trolling motor apparatus so as to effectively steer when the operator's view of the trolling motor apparatus is visually obstructed, the steerable trolling motor apparatus comprising:\n a trolling motor attachable to the bow of the fishing boat, the trolling motor having a trolling motor head and a trolling motor shaft; a remote controller capable of turning the trolling motor with respect to the trolling motor shaft; and a visual direction guide including an elongated indicator support shaft, a visual indicator securable to an upper portion of the elongated indicator support shaft, and a shaft mounting apparatus securable to a lower portion of the elongated indicator support shaft and securable to a portion of the trolling motor apparatus; wherein, when the visual indicator is secured to the indicator support shaft and the shaft mounting apparatus is secured to the indicator support shaft and to the trolling motor, the visual indicator is oriented with respect to the trolling motor so that the operator can determine the direction of propulsion of the trolling motor by viewing the orientation of the visual indicator, even when the trolling motor is not visible to the operator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.49231
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14807100', '12983952', '15074344', '10864299', '11332884']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.625404209487154
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4897934136127232
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.611843129899711
- Mean Citation Score: 254.56917199999992
- Max Citation Score: 266.93967000000004
- Similarity Product: 200.5503996795488

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