PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949418
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["043", "086000"]

Abstract:
An animal trap having an enclosure body, a restraint, and a latching and triggering mechanism is provided. A method of using this animal trap is also provided.

Claim (Index 8):
An animal trap comprising:\n an enclosure body having a top, a first side, a second side, a bottom, and a wall defining an interior; a set dog having an upper end and a lower end, the set dog being adjacent to the first side of the enclosure body, the set dog having a latch adjacent the top of the enclosure body, the latch being defined by an outer member and an inner portion, the outer member extending further in a downward direction than the inner portion; a trigger extending into the interior of the enclosure body, the trigger having an end adjacent the set dog and capable of engaging and moving the set dog; a setting member comprising a setting plate sized and shaped for contact and movement by a human hand and having an end edge portion configured to engage and disengage with the latch of the set dog, and connected to a restraint having an engagement portion which is located in the interior of the enclosure body, the setting member being rotatable about an axis adjacent the bottom of the enclosure body, the axis being stationary with respect to the enclosure body throughout a range of rotation of the setting member about the axis; and a biasing member which biases a portion of the setting member away from the enclosure body and biases the engagement portion of the restraint toward the first side of the enclosure body, the trigger capable of being moved in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and when the trigger is moved in either one of the first direction or the second direction, the trigger engages the set dog and causes the set dog to move and to release the setting plate from the latch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.34783
- Patent Class: 43.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14319431', '12881241', '13434131', '13556762', '12773303']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7491201827725877
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4911162527656739
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7233197897718964
- Mean Citation Score: 249.618928
- Max Citation Score: 265.32922
- Similarity Product: 212.49792926126003

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

Dataset: test