PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16223663
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["312", "405000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to a hinge assembly and refrigerator having the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hinge assembly and refrigerator having the same, in which the thickness of the hinge assembly is increased in the up and down direction compared to the conventional hinge structure to significantly increase the resistance to a continuous load, whereby it is possible to guarantee a sealing force above a predetermined level even in long-term use of the refrigerator.

Claim (Index 15):
A refrigerator having a hinge assembly, the refrigerator comprising:\n a body unit comprising a storage compartment; a rotatable door coupled to a front side of the body unit to selectively open and close the storage compartment; and a hinge assembly comprising: a first side coupled to the body unit; and a second side coupled to the rotatable door, the hinge assembly configured to allow the rotatable door to rotate, wherein the hinge assembly further comprises:\n a first body member extending in a vertical direction and fixed to an inner surface of the body unit; \n a second body member extending in the vertical direction and fixed to an inner surface of the rotatable door; \n a first support member having a first end locked to the second body member and having a second end thereof slidably movable along a first side of the first body member; and \n a second support member having a first end thereof locked to the first body member and having a second end thereof slidably movable along a first side of the second body member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80851
- Patent Class: 312.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14898373', '14643612', '14898081', '13137429', '13586266']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7871460164006306
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4763127123641307
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7560626859969807
- Mean Citation Score: 215.625216
- Max Citation Score: 223.43666
- Similarity Product: 194.67143488394493

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

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