PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927311
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["473", "460000"]

Abstract:
A ball collecting apparatus is provided that employs a human-powered ball transport system that moves balls from a collecting surface to a location above the collection surface. The ball collecting apparatus employs no motors or other artificially powered devices to retrieve and transfer balls, which makes it light and easy to maneuver. The ball collecting apparatus is primarily contemplated for use of picking up tennis balls, but other balls of various sizes may be accommodated by the apparatus, as it is scalable.

Claim (Index 14):
An apparatus for collecting at least one ball comprising:\n a housing having a left side, a right side, a front side, and a rear side, the front side having a lower opening and an upper opening; an upper axle interconnected between the left side and the right side adjacent to an upper portion of the apparatus; a first pulley rotatably interconnected to the upper axle; a lower axle having a first end and a second end extending between the left side and the right side adjacent to a lower portion of the apparatus; a second pulley rotatably interconnected to the lower axle; a right wheel positioned adjacent to the right side, the right wheel interconnected to the first end of the lower axle; a left wheel positioned adjacent to the left side, the left wheel interconnected to the second end of the lower axle; a belt having an inner surface that operatively engages an outer surface the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein rotation of the lower pulley moves the belt around the first pulley and the second pulley; a left arm interconnected to a lower portion of the left side and extending away from the front side; a right arm interconnected to a lower portion of the right side and extending away from the front side; a turnstile shaft associated with the left panel and right panel or left arm and the right arm; at least one turnstile comprising a plurality of arms interconnected to the turnstile shaft; and at least one ball transferring member extending from an outer surface of the belt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54386
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13126168', '14204494', '13869506', '13751123', '15015883']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6169456843201715
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4677053467166965
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.602021650559824
- Mean Citation Score: 185.79450000000003
- Max Citation Score: 218.72488
- Similarity Product: 170.87889072211266

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test