PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747372
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["427", "256000"]

Abstract:
A method for masking a gap between a closure panel member and a surround, such, for example, as an automobile door arrangement, in which a mask protrudes from the gap and overlies the panel member edge defining a space tapering towards the edge, whereby to feather the paint towards the edge, and masking tapes used in carrying out the method. The masking can be effected by introducing a resiliently deformable elongate strip mask into the gap so as to compress it to be pinched in the gap to protrude therefrom and, after painting, to remove the strip from the gap prior to overpainting. The mask may be introduced with the closure member closed, and needs no adhesive to hold it to the door or surround.

Claim (Index 17):
Masking tape according to  claim 15 , in which the larger diameter lobe is a hollowed out or grooved section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90278
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13995703', '14635112', '13037940', '10867732', '11614192']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7566460496285903
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5010559060142412
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7310870352671555
- Mean Citation Score: 133.1309196
- Max Citation Score: 157.03706
- Similarity Product: 99.65302935540916

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

Dataset: test