PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "160000"]

Abstract:
A trenching assembly lays a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, the trenching assembly including a trench digging device having a main body; at least four ground contact units, each unit having a height adjustment device, to position each ground contact unit with respect to the main body independently. A trench cutting tool digs in the bed includes a cutting depth adjustment device, for positioning the cutting tool with respect to the main body. A detection device detects bed bathymetry. A control device simultaneously allows cooperation between the detection device, the height adjustment device of each ground contact unit, and the cutting depth adjustment device. A command device cooperates with the control device to adjustment each ground contact unit and the cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain a trench having a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance and a predetermined burial depth.

Claim (Index 13):
Trenching assembly according to  claim 11 , wherein said control device comprises at least one first data processing unit, suitable for processing information at least on the bathymetry of the bed and at least one second data processing unit, suitable for automatically actuating said command device to affect said height adjustment device and said cutting depth adjustment device; and/or wherein said predefined tolerance is defined based on the settings of an operator; and/or wherein said predefined tolerance is set automatically; and/or wherein said predefined tolerance is substantially 1 meter every 20 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction; and/or wherein said predefined tolerance is substantially 1 meter every 50 meters of trench along the longitudinal direction; and/or wherein said predetermined burial depth is comprised between 0 meters and 10 meters.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53125
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13510880', '12425301', '15111303', '14767863', '11010467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7646083176165519
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4970740781359681
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7378548936684935
- Mean Citation Score: 178.74970000000005
- Max Citation Score: 189.78374
- Similarity Product: 125.08719757143976

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

Dataset: test