PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16004248
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["256", "064000"]

Abstract:
The present invention comprises a brace adapted to secure a fence rail to a fence post. The present invention brace may optionally be installed onto an existing fence or on a new fence. The invention includes a first fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a first fence rail, a second fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a second fence rail, and a fence post member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a fence post. The fence post brace member may form a vertical picket fastener slot, the first fence rail brace member may form a first horizontal picket fastener slot, and the second fence rail brace member may form a second horizontal picket fastener slot.

Claim (Index 1):
A fence assembly comprising:\n a fence post having a rectangular cross-section; first and second fence rails, each having a rectangular cross-section; and a fence brace comprising: a pair of opposing upper and lower fence post flanges, each of the fence post flanges comprising a planer central wall and a pair of rearward-protruding side walls extending along opposing vertical longitudinally-extending edges of the central wall, the sidewalls of the upper fence post flange being vertically-aligned with the sidewalls of the lower fence post flange to define a pair of aligned channels for receiving the fence post therein, and a plurality of fastener holes disposed within the central wall and side walls of each fence post flange for receiving fasteners to secure the fence post therewith; a pair of opposing left and right fence rail flanges, each of the fence rail flanges comprising a planar central wall and a pair of rearward-protruding side walls extending along opposing horizontal longitudinally-extending edges of the central wall, the sidewalls of the left fence rail flange being horizontally-aligned with the sidewalls of the right fence rail flange to define a pair of aligned channels for receiving the fence rails therein, and a plurality of fastener holes disposed within the central wall and side walls of each fence rail flange for receiving fasteners to secure the fence rails therewith; a planar central portion of the fence brace disposed between and formed with the central walls of the upper and lower fence post flanges and the central walls of the left and right fence rail flanges, the planar central portion, the central walls of the upper and lower fence post flanges and the central walls of the left and right fence rail flanges being formed from a single planar piece of material; a vertical picket fastener slot longitudinally-extending through the planar central portion of the fence brace and the central walls of the upper and lower fence post flanges for receiving a fastener therethrough to affix a picket to the fence post with the fence brace therebetween; and a pair of aligned horizontal picket fastener slots, each longitudinally extending through the central wall of a respective one of a respective one of the left and right fence rail flanges, orthogonal to the vertical picket fastener slot, for receiving fasteners therethrough to affix a picket to each fence rail with the fence brace therebetween.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.41463
- Patent Class: 256.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14863793', '15856673', '15856741', '15097267', '15363944']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6728761780252859
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4768766531596871
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.653276225538726
- Mean Citation Score: 268.12687
- Max Citation Score: 331.56024
- Similarity Product: 322.88749309112546

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