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 1):
A refrigerator appliance, comprising:\n a body unit forming an overall appearance of the refrigerator and comprising an inner space thereof being recessed from a front side to a rear side to form a storage compartment; a rotatable opening and closing unit coupled to the front side of the body unit and configured to selectively open and close the storage compartment; and a hinge assembly having a first side thereof coupled to the body unit and a second side thereof coupled to the rotatable opening and closing unit, wherein the hinge assembly is to configured to allow the rotatable opening and closing unit 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 unit; \n a second body member extending in the vertical direction and fixed to an inner surface of the rotatable opening and closing unit; 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 opening and closing unit.

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): 0.787315712040803
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4752573610414604
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7561098769408687
- Mean Citation Score: 215.625216
- Max Citation Score: 223.43666
- Similarity Product: 196.72046797507045

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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