PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15871800
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["084", "382000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a bass clarinet that enables even splitting of the harmonics without compromising the efficacy of the instrument, without increasing manufacturing costs, and without the requirement of a clarinettist relearning how to play the instrument. It is further an object of the disclosure to describe bass clarinets with the ability to change harmonics without requiring the player to compensate with embouchure and air pressure.

Claim (Index 5):
A bass clarinet comprising:\n a straight-bodied tube  2400  with (a) an upturned metal bell  2600  at one end plus (b) a crook and a reeded mouthpiece  2100  at the other end;\n keyed holes  2300  at various positions along the body  2400  where the keyed holes  2300  are strategically provided so that musical notes may be produced by passing air into the mouthpiece  2100 , through the body  2400 , and out of the bell  2600 ; \n wherein the clarinet  2000  is constructed of a neck  2700 , an upper joint  2200 , a middle joint  2250 , a lower joint  2285  and the bell  2600 ; \n wherein the mouthpiece  2100  is coupled to the neck  2700 , the upper joint  2200  is connected to the middle joint  2250  at an upper connection point  2225 , the middle joint  2250  is connected to the lower joint  2285  at a middle connection point  2275 , the lower joint  2285  is connected to the bell  2600  at the lower connection point  2295 ; \n a register key  2310  that closes or opens an associated vent tube via manipulation of the register key control spatula  2315 ; a supplementary vent hole key  2320  that closes or opens an associated vent hole via either (a) the register key spatula  2315  or (b) a low E-flat key motion transfer paddle  2910 .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56818
- Patent Class: 84.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14519024', '11306954', '14537783', '15458856', '11306146']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5623241596617424
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5091016391870868
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5570019076142769
- Mean Citation Score: 210.66914000000003
- Max Citation Score: 278.16815
- Similarity Product: 177.4032049362481

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

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