PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16004248
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["256", "064000"]

Abstract:
The present invention comprises a brace adapted to secure a fence rail to a fence post. The present invention brace may optionally be installed onto an existing fence or on a new fence. The invention includes a first fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a first fence rail, a second fence rail brace member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a second fence rail, and a fence post member adapted to connect to two or more sides of a fence post. The fence post brace member may form a vertical picket fastener slot, the first fence rail brace member may form a first horizontal picket fastener slot, and the second fence rail brace member may form a second horizontal picket fastener slot.

Claim (Index 12):
A fence brace device comprising:\n a fence post member forming a vertical picket fastener slot for receiving a picket fastener therethrough, wherein the fence post member forms a plurality of holes for receiving one or more fastener to secure the fence brace to a fence post; a first fence rail member forming a first horizontal picket fastener slot for receiving a picket fastener therethrough, wherein the first fence rail member forms a plurality of holes for receiving one or more fastener to secure the fence brace to a first fence rail; and a second fence rail member forming a second horizontal picket fastener slot for receiving a picket fastener therethrough, wherein the second fence rail member forms a plurality of holes for receiving one or more fastener to secure the fence brace to a second fence rail; wherein the first horizontal picket fastener slot and the second horizontal picket fastener slot are in alignment, and wherein the vertical picket fastener slot is orthogonal to the first horizontal picket fastener slot and the second horizontal picket fastener slot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.41463
- Patent Class: 256.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14863793', '15856673', '15856741', '15097267', '15363944']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6728105468644444
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4835673651009695
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.653886228688097
- Mean Citation Score: 268.12687
- Max Citation Score: 331.56024
- Similarity Product: 252.01174720284465

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

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