PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990238
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["701", "050000"]

Abstract:
A track-type machine includes first and second ground-engaging track assemblies, each having a drive motor, and a propulsion system including an operator station with first and second joysticks, and a travel control system including input devices resident on the first and second joysticks. The input devices are adjustable to vary at least one of a speed or a direction of the drive motors in the track assemblies. Adjustment of the drive motor speed can be in proportion to an adjustment of the corresponding input device.

Claim (Index 17):
A joystick for a propulsion system in a machine comprising:\n a shaft defining a joystick axis; a handle including a handle body having a first axial end receiving the joystick shaft, and a second axial end, and the handle body further having a leading side, a trailing side, an inboard side, and an outboard side; the inboard side forming an inwardly extending thumb rest having a lower surface that slopes away from the joystick axis and away from the first axial end, a contoured upper surface that slopes toward the joystick axis and toward the second axial end, and an inner face that extends between the lower surface and the contoured upper surface; and an input device mounted within the thumb rest and partially recessed from the inner face such that the input device is positioned for thumb actuation and is movable from a neutral position in a positive direction toward the leading side of the handle, and in a negative direction toward the trailing side of the handle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71698
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11019298', '13367603', '11545217', '11606171', '13805759']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4185428890042248
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4592968852009616
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4226182886238985
- Mean Citation Score: 142.20683200000005
- Max Citation Score: 155.0436
- Similarity Product: 118.78855749678613

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

Dataset: test