PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15742729
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["345", "163000"]

Abstract:
A mouse with multiple side buttons may provide a user with ease of accessing buttons and assigning macro keys to each buttons. However, such a mouse may not take into account the comfort and feel of the user when engaging with the buttons, and manipulation of the side buttons can cause strain or fatigue to the hands. According to various embodiments, an input device comprises: a housing; a plurality of buttons; and an actuator configured to change a position of the plurality of buttons relative to the housing.

Claim (Index 1):
An input device comprising:\n a housing; a plurality of buttons; and an actuator configured to change a position of the plurality of buttons relative to the housing; wherein the plurality of buttons is positioned on a side of the input device; wherein the actuator is positioned on a base of the input device; wherein the plurality of buttons are provided on a dial; wherein the actuator comprises a rotational wheel; and wherein the actuator is connected to an axis of the dial.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76364
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13202039', '12302991', '15855110', '10285258', '14728013']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5507140900260021
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4643785801887297
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5420805390422749
- Mean Citation Score: 80.7703052
- Max Citation Score: 83.86599
- Similarity Product: 56.02255986118555

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