PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915431
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["114", "284000"]

Abstract:
An adjustable surf wake system enhances a wake formed by a watercraft travelling through water. The system may include a flap for deflecting water traveling past the stern of the watercraft, and/or a positioner operably connected to the flap for positioning the flap relative to a longitudinal axis of the watercraft between a neutral position and an outward position. Positioning a port flap in its extended position enhances a starboard surf wake, and positioning the starboard flap in its extended position enhances a port surf wake. A wake modifying system for modifying a wake produced by a watercraft traveling through water may include a rudder pivotally mounted to the watercraft for steering the watercraft, a fin pivotally mounted to the watercraft substantially along a centerline of the watercraft and forward the rudder, wherein the fin pivots about an upright axis to modify the wake produced by the watercraft traveling through the water, an actuator mounted within the watercraft and operably coupled to the fin for pivoting the fin relative to the centerline, and a controller mounted on the watercraft allowing an operator to control the actuator and selectively pivot the fin to a desired angle θd relative to the centerline.

Claim (Index 35):
A method of operating a water-sports boat to facilitate wake surfing, the method comprising:\n adding ballast to a ballast system on the water-sports boat; moving the water-sports boat through water such that a hull of the water-sports boat creates a wake having diverging port-side and starboard-side waves; performing at least one of a starboard-to-port transition and a port-to-starboard transition; wherein the starboard-to-port transition comprises:\n positioning the water-sports boat in a starboard-side surf configuration where a starboard-side wake shaping feature is in a neutral position and a port-side wake shaping feature is in a deployed position, wherein the water-sports boat in the starboard-side surf configuration deflects water to enhance the starboard-side wave by causing it to be smoother than the port-side wave; \n moving the water-sports boat through water in the starboard-side surf configuration to generate the starboard-side wave enhanced for wake surfing; \n transitioning the water-sports boat from the starboard-side surf configuration to a port-side surf configuration by moving the port-side wake shaping feature from the deployed position to a neutral position and moving the starboard-side wake shaping feature from the neutral position to a deployed position as the water-sports boat continues to move through water, wherein the water-sports boat in the port-side surf configuration deflects water to enhance the port-side wave by causing it to be smoother than the starboard-side wave; and \n moving the water-sports boat through water in the port-side surf configuration to generate the port-side wave enhanced for wake surfing; \n wherein the port-to-starboard transition comprises:\n positioning the water-sports boat in a port-side surf configuration where the port-side wake shaping feature is in the neutral position and the starboard-side wake shaping feature is in the deployed position, wherein the water-sports boat in the port-side surf configuration deflects water to enhance the port-side wave by causing it to be smoother than the starboard-side wave; \n moving the water-sports boat through water in the port-side surf configuration to generate the port-side wave enhanced for wake surfing; \n transitioning the water-sports boat from the port-side surf configuration to the starboard-side surf configuration by moving the starboard-side wake shaping feature from the deployed position to the neutral position and moving the port-side wake shaping feature from the neutral position to the deployed position as the water-sports boat continues to move through water, wherein the water-sports boat in the starboard-side surf configuration deflects water to enhance the starboard-side wave by causing it to be smoother than the port-side wave; and \n moving the water-sports boat through water in the starboard-side surf configuration to generate the starboard-side wave enhanced for wake surfing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 92.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.69231
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15133157', '14082086', '14075978', '15893517', '15210776']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8362210984869612
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6595053926096033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8185495278992254
- Mean Citation Score: 634.910012
- Max Citation Score: 698.5467
- Similarity Product: 623.0747326004147

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

Dataset: test