PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050289
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["135", "071000"]

Abstract:
Various features for improving the performance of crutches are provided. A crutch can flex at one or more locations or include composite material to provide energy storage and return to the user during ambulation. In some aspects, a crutch is provided that can propel the user forward during ambulation. The crutch can be hollow at one or more locations to allow for increased flexibility and narrower at one or more locations to enhance springiness of the crutch.

Claim (Index 33):
The crutch of  claim 32 , wherein at least a portion of the distal portion is configured to flex and un-flex responsive a force applied by the user's weight during ambulation, wherein said flexion of the at least a portion of the distal portion is configured to store energy in the crutch during ambulation, wherein said un-flexion of the at least a portion of the distal portion is configured to release the stored energy.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64
- Patent Class: 135.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15610372', '15849631', '11643677', '13315095', '14716750']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7561783533360652
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.579769268666523
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.738537444869111
- Mean Citation Score: 309.409148
- Max Citation Score: 557.3638
- Similarity Product: 420.1684587245345

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

Dataset: test