PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16223663
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["312", "405000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to a hinge assembly and refrigerator having the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hinge assembly and refrigerator having the same, in which the thickness of the hinge assembly is increased in the up and down direction compared to the conventional hinge structure to significantly increase the resistance to a continuous load, whereby it is possible to guarantee a sealing force above a predetermined level even in long-term use of the refrigerator.

Claim (Index 17):
A refrigerator appliance comprising:\n a body comprising a recessed inner space forming a storage compartment; a rotatable door hinged to the body and configured to selectively open and close the storage compartment; and a hinge assembly having a first side thereof coupled to the body and having a second side thereof coupled to the rotatable door, wherein the hinge assembly is configured to allow the door to rotate, wherein the hinge assembly comprises:\n a first body member extending in a vertical direction and fixed to an inner surface of the body; \n a second body member extending in the vertical direction and fixed to an inner surface of the rotatable door; and \n first and second support members coupled to the first and second body members respectively, and further configured to receive a load of the rotatable door.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80851
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14898373', '14643612', '14898081', '13137429', '13586266']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7876303310808933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4732992418611567
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7561972221589197
- Mean Citation Score: 215.625216
- Max Citation Score: 223.43666
- Similarity Product: 200.5235701331544

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

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