PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16133085
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["213", "06700R"]

Abstract:
A selective cushioning apparatus for a railway car absorbs draft and buff loads applied to a coupler of a railway car during train assembly and normal operation. The apparatus according to the invention provides better cushioning than a conventional draft gear without the excessive travel and maintenance issues of a hydraulic cushioning unit. In embodiments, the selective cushioning unit is adapted to fit into an AAR standard pocket for a hydraulic cushioning unit.

Claim (Index 17):
The end-of-car cushioning apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein the vertical cross section of the front plate, rear plate, and each plate of the elastomeric units is the same as the vertical cross section of a railway car center sill.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54
- Patent Class: 213.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15814853', '12150777', '12150808', '12510403', '12501591']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6671569440300661
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5203282287695725
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6524740725040167
- Mean Citation Score: 339.208282
- Max Citation Score: 461.6007
- Similarity Product: 318.47011748081445

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