PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996102
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["073", "632000"]

Abstract:
The present apparatus is configured to carry an instrument or probe and optionally deploy it against a surface, such as a metal pipeline or storage tank. The apparatus can include a sensor probe for inspecting the integrity of the surface and a first linkage that is operatively coupled to the sensor probe and configured to move the sensor probe according to a first path (in a first direction/first degree of freedom). An actuator can be operatively connected to the first linkage for moving the first linkage so as to move the sensor probe along the first path. A second linkage is operatively connected to the sensor probe and configured to passively move the sensor probe according to a second degree of freedom to cause the sensor probe to become normal to the surface when at least a portion of the apparatus contacts the surface.

Claim (Index 16):
The system of  claim 1 , further including an actuator operatively coupled to the first linkage for moving the first linkage so as to move the instrument according to the first path, wherein the first four bar linkage comprises a first linkage plate that is fixedly connected to the actuator; a second linkage plate that is fixedly connected to and spaced from the first linkage plate; a first connector arm pivotally connected to the first and second linkage plates and configured for being pivotally attached to the inspection vehicle; and a second connector arm pivotally connected to the first and second linkage plates and configured for being pivotally attached to the inspection vehicle, wherein the first connector arm is coupled to an actuator, that is operatively connected to the first linkage, such that rotation of the actuator is translated into the first connector arm being raised or lowered relative to the surface, whereby the instrument is also raised or lowered relative to the surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28788
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14624726', '15647372', '15647332', '11104839', '14593699']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6589759282573815
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5257858038095294
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6456569158125963
- Mean Citation Score: 193.88033
- Max Citation Score: 339.44083
- Similarity Product: 336.8725481730152

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

Dataset: test