PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870078
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["431", "043000"]

Abstract:
A method of assembling a pilot burner assembly for use with a gas fired appliance includes inserting a retention element of a gas supply line through a slot defined by a retaining ledge of a second bracket plate, rotating an outlet orifice of the gas supply line such that the second retention element engages the retaining ledge, and inserting a pilot guard through first and second pilot guard apertures defined by respective first and second bracket plates such that a retention element of the pilot guard cooperatively engages the retention element of the gas supply line to maintain a connection between the pilot guard and the gas supply line.

Claim (Index 2):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first retention element includes a plurality of locking fingers extending from a bottom edge of the pilot guard body and defining a pilot guard slot, wherein inserting the pilot guard through each pilot guard aperture includes inserting the pilot guard through each pilot guard aperture such that one of the plurality of locking fingers extends through the slot defined by the retaining ledge, and both of the retaining ledge and the second retention element are received within the pilot guard slot and cooperatively engage the plurality of locking fingers to maintain a connection between the pilot guard and the gas supply line.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24
- Patent Class: 431.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14266101', '15870029', '13525180', '13831091', '12546531']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7550568768663717
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5834665401468848
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7378978431944231
- Mean Citation Score: 351.365614
- Max Citation Score: 499.08246
- Similarity Product: 420.946941120826

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