PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935254
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["440", "075000"]

Abstract:
An outboard motor includes a shift rod including a first rod, a second rod, and a joint. The first rod extends in a vertical direction. The second rod extends in the vertical direction and is located below the first rod. The second rod is disposed eccentrically with respect to the first rod. When viewed in a plan view, the second rod overlaps with at least a portion of the first rod or is in contact with the first rod. The joint connects the first rod to the second rod.

Claim (Index 1):
An outboard motor comprising:\n an engine; a drive shaft extending downward from the engine; a propeller shaft extending in a front-back direction of the outboard motor; a gear mechanism connecting the drive shaft to the propeller shaft; a shifter that switches a connection of the gear mechanism; and a shift rod that operates and is connected to the shifter; wherein the shift rod includes:\n a first rod extending in a vertical direction; \n a second rod extending in the vertical direction, the second rod located below the first rod, disposed eccentrically with respect to the first rod, and, when viewed in a plan view, overlapped with at least a portion of the first rod or in contact with the first rod; and \n a joint connecting the first rod and the second rod; and \n the joint includes a universal joint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10757389', '11927190', '14326917', '10797043', '15057265']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6199386538014958
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4755803197680886
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6055028203981551
- Mean Citation Score: 237.266262
- Max Citation Score: 246.1884
- Similarity Product: 205.15329726769923

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