PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15959148
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["273", "400000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for playing a game includes a first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color and a second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color, each sized and dimensioned to be thrown by hand. A base stand that supports a plurality of vertically oriented channels each configured to hold and display a column of the spherical game-pieces. A funnel is affixed to the base stand that is configured to receive a thrown game-piece, and to direct the thrown game-piece into the upper end of one of plurality of vertically oriented channels. A storage container may be located under the plurality of vertical channels configured to receive and store the game-pieces. The apparatus for playing a game is useful for playing a game with at least one participant.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of playing a game with a first player and a second player, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an apparatus for playing a game comprising a first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color, each sized and dimensioned to be thrown by hand, a second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color, each sized and dimensioned to be thrown by hand, and a base stand configured to rest upon a substantially horizontal surface, the base stand having a top and a bottom, relative to the substantially horizontal surface, a plurality of vertically oriented channels affixed to the base stand, each configured to hold and display a column of a portion of the first plurality of the spherical game-pieces, a portion of the second plurality of spherical game-pieces, or any combination thereof, each of the plurality of vertically oriented channels having an upper end and a lower end, relative to the base stand, each upper end configured to individually receive at least one of the first plurality of the spherical game-pieces and the second plurality of spherical game-pieces, each lower end configured to support a respective column by preventing passage of a bottom game-piece from a respective channel, and a funnel affixed to the base stand, said funnel configured to receive a thrown game-piece, and to direct the thrown game-piece into the upper end of one of plurality of vertically oriented channels; throwing one of the first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color, and alternatively the second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color, into the funnel such that the one of the first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color, and alternatively the second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color, is directed into one of the plurality of vertically oriented channels, the first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color corresponding to a first player and alternatively a first team, and the second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color corresponding to a second player and alternatively a second team; repeating the process of throwing one of the first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color, and alternatively the second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color, into the funnel, alternating turns between the first player and alternatively the first team, and the second player and alternatively the second team, until a victor is determined; and determining the first player and alternatively the first team as the victor if the first plurality of spherical game-pieces of a first color comprise a row of four as arrayed in the plurality of vertically oriented channels, and alternatively determining the second player and alternatively the second team as the victor if the second plurality of spherical game-pieces of a second color comprise a row of four as arrayed in the plurality of vertically oriented channels, wherein the row of four comprises four adjacent spherical game-pieces of the same color in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal orientation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2459
- Patent Class: 273.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15073814', '15355694', '14322413', '15262839', '12254694']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5620429542274492
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4875044545351249
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5545891042582168
- Mean Citation Score: 180.220316
- Max Citation Score: 193.51376
- Similarity Product: 131.64641845983505

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

Dataset: test