PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961481
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["440", "012500"]

Abstract:
An amphibian ( 1 ) for use on land and water, comprising: a hull having a planing surface ( 2 ), and at least one retractable suspension apparatus ( 4 ) movable from a vehicle supporting position to a retracted position, comprising for each wheel ( 5 ), upper and lower suspension arms ( 8, 9 ) that are pivotably connected at inboard ends to a support structure within the hull; and are pivotably connected at outboard ends to a suspension upright ( 7 ). Upright ( 7 ) extends from a first, upper connection past a second, lower connection to a location ( 10 ) for a wheel hub mounting. The suspension upright when deployed in land use extends externally of the hull across a side face ( 2 A) of the planing surface; while lower suspension arm ( 9 ) remains above the top of planing surface ( 2 ) throughout use of the amphibian on land. This suspension arrangement allows the hull to have no cutouts in its planing surface.

Claim (Index 20):
An amphibian as claimed in  claim 1 , comprising a vehicle body comprising the hull section comprising no cut outs, abnormalities or discontinuities in the planing surface thereof which would have the effect of adversely altering the hydrodynamics of the hull section, the planing surface being for contacting water when in use on water, the at least one retractable suspension apparatus is connected to the vehicle body to locate the at least one retractable suspension apparatus externally of the hull section in a vehicle-supporting position and comprises the elongate suspension upright, which extends from above the planing surface to a wheel mount location, in which vehicle supporting position the suspension assembly is lockable for land use in a spaced relationship from the hull section and/or planing surface, such that no cut out, abnormality or discontinuities is/are required in the planing surface to accommodate the at least one retractable suspension apparatus in retracted and in vehicle-supporting positions, wherein the at least one retractable suspension apparatus comprises retraction means which is connected to the vehicle body and at least part of an inboard-facing region of the retractable suspension apparatus to provide movement from a vehicle-supporting position to a retracted position above the water line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 65.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08889
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14528846', '11895604', '14130210', '14126011', '15230001']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6349149515822649
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5806877933094858
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6294922357549869
- Mean Citation Score: 337.73843
- Max Citation Score: 497.16016
- Similarity Product: 479.5213805005645

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

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