PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16079541
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["405", "087000"]

Abstract:
A water control gate pivotable about a horizontal axis. Control may be by a combination of inflatable actuators and ballast chambers in combination with means for preventing over-rotation. Sealing between gate panels and between gate panels and abutments may be by means of seals inflated hydrostatically. The present invention is bottom hinged water control gate actuated by a combination of ballast chambers and inflatable actuators. The invention further includes an inflatable sealing means. The invention is particularly suited for use as a navigation lock gate system or as a flood control gate in a watercourse such as a navigation canal.

Claim (Index 9):
The apparatus of  claim 8  further including inflatable actuators for assisting rotation of the gates about their horizontal pivot axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85965
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15491942', '10192013', '13012733', '14709279', '13971624']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7473777407919102
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4909873814953501
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7217387048622542
- Mean Citation Score: 102.673676
- Max Citation Score: 111.19577
- Similarity Product: 63.86039913100719

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

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