PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16123462
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["280", "163000"]

Abstract:
A retractable step and side bar assembly that can be used for raised vehicles, such as trucks. The retractable step can be configured to provide for significant reach in a deployed position to allow for a user to enter the raised vehicle. Further, in the stowed position the retractable step can be located within the side bar, thereby providing a low profile as well as an enhanced aesthetic appearance.

Claim (Index 2):
A vehicle for assisting user ingress, the vehicle comprising:\n a door; a side bar mounted underneath the door and extending in a longitudinal direction; and a movable vehicle step mounted underneath the door, the movable vehicle step comprising a stepping platform extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the stepping platform is configured to move between a stored position and a deployed position, wherein an underside of the side bar forms a channel that extends in the longitudinal direction, wherein the channel is shaped such that a distal edge of the stepping platform is positioned within the channel when the stepping platform is in the stored position, and wherein, in the deployed position, the distal edge of the stepping platform is positioned outboard and downward of the side bar.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59574
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14846433', '15406982', '10643708', '15348230', '14846370']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8345851326783146
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5394776069496285
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.805074380105446
- Mean Citation Score: 256.34896000000003
- Max Citation Score: 394.58823
- Similarity Product: 337.12392192008264

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

Dataset: test