PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913841
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["244", "063000"]

Abstract:
A launch canister for ejection from a submerged launch platform, the launch canister being adapted for ejection in a direction substantially along a first axis of the launch canister and comprising: an enclosure for carrying a UAV; a nose cap releasably located in a launch opening at a forward end of the launch canister; a launch mechanism for driving a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening in a direction substantially along said first axis; and a water surface sensor for detecting when the nose cap of the canister broaches the surface of the water; wherein the launch canister is configured to, on the water surface sensor detecting that the nose cap of the canister has broached the surface of the water, immediately release the nose cap and initiate the launch mechanism to drive a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening.

Claim (Index 38):
The launch canister as claimed in  claim 23 , further comprising a lanyard attached at one end in the enclosure and having a second end adapted for detachable connection to a UAV, wherein the length of the lanyard is selected such that, when a UAV connected to the lanyard is driven from the launch canister, the lanyard pulls taut and detaches from the UAV as an engine of the UAV passes through the launch opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.70492
- Patent Class: 244.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14294073', '15319397', '13367494', '12716735', '14605397']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.87224973708107
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5945971064006139
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8444844740130244
- Mean Citation Score: 382.7092859999999
- Max Citation Score: 587.97656
- Similarity Product: 465.48306713754175

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