PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921068
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["280", "612000"]

Abstract:
Some aspects include a ski binding system using controllable electromagnets, alone or in combination with permanent magnets, as means of attaching or releasing a ski boot to a ski during use. Some aspects include a ski binding system using a controllable solenoid. In some aspects, microprocessor-based control releases binding electronically based on input from sensors located in binding, ski and/or boot, as well as in other equipment or clothing connected to them or to skier, or binding releases when a mechanical threshold is overcome. In some aspects, sensor data are recorded for analysis of system performance and for adjustment and improvement of system parameters based on data analytics.

Claim (Index 1):
Apparatus for use in releasably retaining a boot plate to a ski, the apparatus comprising:\n a binding plate attachable to the ski and having a surface to receive the boot plate; a first clamp rotatably coupled to the binding plate; a second clamp spaced laterally from the first clamp and rotatably coupled to the binding plate, wherein the first and second clamps have a first position in which the first and second clamps releasably retain the boot plate to the binding plate, and wherein the first and second clamps have a second position in which the first and second clamps release the boot plate; a solenoid defining a channel and controllable to provide a first state and a second state; a plunger having a first end slidably received within the channel, the plunger having a first plunger position associated with the first state of the solenoid and a second plunger position associated with the second state of the solenoid; and mechanical linkage disposed at least in part between the plunger and the first and second clamps and movably coupled to the binding plate to enable the first and second clamps to rotate toward their second position if the plunger moves from the first plunger position to the second plunger position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80303
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10896539', '12984863', '15126872', '14605696', '13712781']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8303646792790378
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4832828519026196
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.795656496541396
- Mean Citation Score: 239.926588
- Max Citation Score: 250.54846
- Similarity Product: 215.76008173312425

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