PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16220178
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["405", "158000"]

Abstract:
A system ( 1 ) for operating a subsea sensor field ( 2 ), comprises an automated underwater vehicle-AUV ( 10 ) and a subsea service station ( 13 ). A sensor ( 11, 12 ) in the sensor field ( 2 ) comprises a permanently installed base unit ( 11 ) and a removable control unit ( 12 ). The AUV ( 10 ) moves control units ( 12 ) to the service station ( 13 ) for charging and updating, and then back to the base units. The permanent positions of the base units ( 11 ) facilitate time-lapse surveys, and saves energy as heavy equipment may remain on the seafloor.

Claim (Index 11):
A system for operating a subsea sensor field for monitoring a region of interest, comprising:\n an automated underwater vehicle (AUV); a sub sea service station; and a sensor field comprising a plurality of sensors configured for monitoring a region of interest, wherein at least one sensor in the sensor field comprises a permanently installed base unit and a removable control unit, the AUV comprises a first transport connector and the removable control unit comprises a second transport connector, and the service station comprises a docking connector configured for receiving the control unit, and wherein the AUV is configured to autonomously connect and disconnect the first transport connector to the second transport connector and move the removable control unit between the permanently installed base unit and the docking connector on the service station.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08621
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15546456', '11638619', '15292816', '14924555', '15179619']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7514644284160661
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5068572304420477
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7270037086186643
- Mean Citation Score: 198.607386
- Max Citation Score: 309.2403
- Similarity Product: 293.560874007225

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

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