PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16123070
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["600", "118000"]

Abstract:
A controller which controls an operation of a self-propelled mechanism of an endoscope includes an inspection control section, a usual control section, an endoscope connection detection circuit and a control switch section. The endoscope connection detection circuit detects that the endoscope has been connected. The control switch section determines whether or not the inspection operation is performed for the endoscope at the time of the connection of the endoscope, causes the usual control section to perform the usual operation when the inspection operation is performed, and causes the inspection control section to perform the inspection operation and then causes the usual control section to perform the usual operation when the inspection operation is not performed.

Claim (Index 1):
A controller which controls an operation of a self-propelled mechanism of an endoscope comprising an elongated insertion section and the self-propelled mechanism, the self-propelled mechanism generating a force that inserts the insertion section into or removes the insertion section from a subject, the controller comprising:\n at least one circuit configured to control an inspection operation of the self-propelled mechanism; control a usual operation of the self-propelled mechanism to insert the insertion section into or remove the insertion section from the subject; determine whether or not the inspection operation has been performed for the endoscope when the endoscope has been connected; and perform the inspection operation and then perform the usual operation when the inspection operation has not been performed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.77273
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15613924', '13443267', '11906585', '15294087', '11970193']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4563259487179408
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4704684337990766
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4577401972260544
- Mean Citation Score: 177.26324
- Max Citation Score: 202.17352
- Similarity Product: 155.06139391511914

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

Dataset: test