PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040226
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["345", "161000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism.

Claim (Index 16):
A video game controller kit, comprising:\n a video game controller unit comprising\n one or more thumbsticks, \n a controller body comprising one or more openings through which the one or more thumbsticks at least partially extend, a proximal portion of the one or more thumbsticks at least partially disposed outside the controller body above an outer surface of the body and a distal portion of the one or more thumbsticks at least partially disposed inside the controller body below the outer surface of the body, at least one of the one or more thumbsticks comprising \n a head at a proximal end of the thumbstick, \n a shaft having a length that extends distally from an underside of the head, and \n a base attached to the shaft so that the shaft is interposed between the head and the base, the shaft defining at least a portion of a length between the head and the base, the base having a dome portion with a convex outer surface configured to be at least partially disposed below the outer surface of the body, \n wherein at least a portion of the thumbstick is replaceable to vary the length of the shaft to thereby vary a height of the thumbstick for a given head shape or size; and \n a plurality of replacement thumbsticks, each of the plurality of replacement thumbsticks configured to replace the one or more thumbsticks, at least two of the plurality of replacement thumbsticks having a different shaft length to thereby vary a height of said replacement thumbsticks for a given head shape or size.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79012
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15908625', '15730298', '15803600', '15605797', '15605817']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7306178029423276
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5640834719085569
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7139643698389506
- Mean Citation Score: 430.686124
- Max Citation Score: 453.046
- Similarity Product: 407.6149581284523

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