PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747334
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["070", "056000"]

Abstract:
A locking device which multiple operators can use as a hasp lockout device to restrict access to controlled devices and areas. The locking device enables the operator to prevent unauthorized personnel from accessing the key slot of the locking device. Furthermore, the operator can employ multiple padlocks in a sequential manner so as to establish a sequence of locking or unlocking, improving workplace safety.

Claim (Index 1):
A locking device, comprising:\n a body having an inner chamber; a locking mechanism configured within the inner chamber of the body wherein a key slot of the locking mechanism is exposed at bottom surface of the body; a shackle comprising a heal portion moveably secured with the locking mechanism and a toe portion wherein the shackle is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position, and a cover being rotatably mounted on the bottom surface of the body, wherein the cover is rotatable between a first position and a second position wherein in the first position, the cover is adapted to close the exposed key slot to prevent access of the key slot and in the second position, the cover is adapted to expose the key slot; the cover and body being provisioned to secure the cover in the first position by means of a secondary locking device thereby preventing the rotation of the cover from the first position to the second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.46809
- Patent Class: 70.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14699253', '12229857', '10845624', '15015269', '12069882']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.773189265993969
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.3763985624799972
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7335101956425718
- Mean Citation Score: 185.85713
- Max Citation Score: 190.26317
- Similarity Product: 166.11798794353362

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

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