PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935735
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["405", "197000"]

Abstract:
A method of elevating the deck area of a marine platform (e.g., oil and gas well drilling or production platform) utilizes a specially configured sleeve support to support the platform legs so that they can be cut. Once cut, rams or jacks elevate the platform above the cuts. The sleeve support is then connected (e.g., welded) to the platform leg and becomes part of the structural support for the platform. In one embodiment, two sleeves are employed. In another embodiment, the jacks or rams elevate in two stages including a first stage wherein one sleeve elevates and the other sleeve does not elevate and a second stage wherein both sleeves elevate together.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of elevating a marine platform that is supported by a plurality of hollow metallic leg sections that extend above and below a water line of a body of water, comprising the steps of;\n a) cutting one of the leg sections at a position next to the water line to provide a cut at a selected elevation; b) attaching a plurality of hydraulic rams to the leg sections, each ram having a hollowed cylinder and an extensible push rod and first and second end portions, the rams being attached to the leg section at the end portions, one end portion being attached to the leg section above the cut and the other end portion being attached to the leg section below the cut, and wherein each ram has a retracted and an extended position; c) repeating steps \u201ca\u201d through \u201cb\u201d for the other leg sections of the platform; d) elevating the platform by extending each ram to the extended position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 55.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12861589', '14188263', '14753879', '13741690', '15612576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8278973722361332
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5744776707412296
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8025554020866429
- Mean Citation Score: 461.48732
- Max Citation Score: 463.85223
- Similarity Product: 457.706135753553

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

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