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 22):
The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the belt is comprised of a plurality of segments each interconnected by the means for transferring a ball.

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): 0.6134699260585886
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4828358471155334
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6004065181642831
- Mean Citation Score: 185.79450000000003
- Max Citation Score: 218.72488
- Similarity Product: 143.0008426600933

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