PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16182193
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["362", "543000"]

Abstract:
A vehicle article carrier apparatus is disclosed for supporting articles above an exterior body surface of a vehicle. The apparatus may have at least one cross bar adapted to be fixedly supported at opposite end portions thereof relative to the outer body surface, for supporting articles thereon above the outer body surface. The one cross bar has at least one light integrally mounted within at least a portion of an interior area thereof, and adjacent a first surface thereof, to enable the light to project light outwardly therefrom. The cross bar may also have a heat sink disposed on a second surface thereof for dissipating heat generated by the light.

Claim (Index 7):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein:\n the at least one light comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned in a plurality of groups along the first surface; and the heat sink forms a plurality of fins.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82812
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13024104', '13431287', '13076838', '12639480', '14577504']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8494521034045625
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4842547596304961
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8129323690271558
- Mean Citation Score: 180.750384
- Max Citation Score: 188.38258
- Similarity Product: 124.83230969819428

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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