PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879705
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["248", "110000"]

Abstract:
A device and method for holding or securing an article against a surface using a suction cup connected to a bi-stable snap action ribbon spring. The device and method utilize the bi-stable characteristics of a snap action ribbon spring together with the adhesion characteristics of a suction cup to create a self-latching, spring-loaded mechanism for securing an article to a surface. The device and method for holding or securing an article against a surface using a suction cup connected to a bi-stable snap action ribbon spring can be used to greatly simplify the ease in draining liquid from a hollow container in an effortless manner by the use of gravity by allowing the liquid within the hollow container to accumulate or settle towards the vicinity approximate to the opening where the liquid is dispensed from.

Claim (Index 3):
The suction cup snap-spring securing device ( 100 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the suction cup ( 10 ) is formed from plastic and/or synthetic rubber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13846
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14528811', '10962786', '10311402', '14023779', '13908106']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8186733026704159
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6495268500825654
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8017586574116309
- Mean Citation Score: 274.16610000000003
- Max Citation Score: 632.01495
- Similarity Product: 613.8849396921872

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

Dataset: test