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 6):
The system of  claim 1  wherein the ballast subsystem comprises:\n a first elongate structure having a first and second end; the first elongate structure being operatively connected at the first end to the flexible linear component; a ballast weight being operatively connected to the second end of the first elongate structure; and \n a plurality of second elongated structures; each of the plurality second elongate structures having a first end and a second end; the second end of each of the second elongate structures being operatively coupled to the first elongate structure at a position between the first and second ends of the first elongate structures by a movable joint; said each of the second elongate structures being movable relative to the first elongate structure between a retracted position and an extended position; in both the retracted and extended positions, in said each of the second elongate structures, the first end of said each of the second elongate structures is disposed closer to the point absorber wave energy converter than the second end of said each of the second elongate structures; said each of the second elongate structures being configured to assume the retracted position when sinking in the water column and to assume the extended position when moving upward in the water column.

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): 0.6139637793846158
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4878001464246961
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6013474160886239
- Mean Citation Score: 169.90891399999995
- Max Citation Score: 176.83649
- Similarity Product: 118.17357111059428

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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