PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16043500
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["244", "003270"]

Abstract:
An actuation mechanism used in, for example, a missile assembly is disclosed, as are methods of its use. The actuation mechanism is locked in a first orientation and is unlocked in a second orientation. Locking and unlocking of the actuation mechanism is achieved by way of a locking mechanism that responds to a certain stimulus. In some embodiments, the actuation mechanism is incorporated into a sub-assembly of a missile to assist in controlling the missile's flight.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of operating an actuation mechanism comprising:\n positioning a plunger inside a bore in a housing, such that the plunger is locked relative to the housing; fixedly engaging a wire to a piston and to the plunger; and subjecting the wire to a stimulus so that the wire changes its length and causes the piston to move from a first position to a second position, the movement of the piston from the first position to the second position serving to unlock the plunger relative to the housing so that the plunger is free to move inside the bore relative to the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73469
- Patent Class: 244.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15004228', '15504406', '15635973', '13930988', '12654994']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8034171666190395
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4906688461486199
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7721423345719975
- Mean Citation Score: 165.439414
- Max Citation Score: 264.6101
- Similarity Product: 223.20281949429508

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

Dataset: test