PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16037395
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["401", "268000"]

Abstract:
A paint brush and method include a ferrule extending around and in contact with a plurality of bristles and a spacer apparatus positioned to space apart the plurality of bristles to provide at least one reservoir within the plurality of bristles. The spacer apparatus defines at least one opening extending through the spacer apparatus that allows fluid passage therethrough to the at least one reservoir to assist in removal of paint from the plurality of bristles when fluid is provided therein.

Claim (Index 1):
A paint brush comprising:\n a brush handle comprising a handle portion and an attachment portion, wherein the attachment portion defines at least one channel extending from a distal outlet opening to a proximal inlet opening located closer to the handle portion than the distal outlet opening; a plurality of bristles extending from a distal bristle end region to a proximal bristle end region; a ferrule extending around and in contact with at least a portion of the plurality of bristles at the proximal bristle end region; and a spacer apparatus extending from a proximal end to a distal end and positioned to space apart the plurality of bristles at the proximal bristle end region to provide at least one reservoir within the plurality of bristles, wherein the spacer apparatus defines at least one opening extending through the spacer apparatus from the proximal end to the distal end, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of bristles at the proximal bristle end region are coupled between the ferrule and the spacer apparatus, and further wherein the at least one channel of the attachment portion and the at least one opening of the spacer apparatus define a passageway that allows fluid passage from the proximal inlet opening of the attachment portion to the at least one reservoir to assist in removal of paint from the plurality of bristles when fluid is provided into the proximal inlet opening of the attachment portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80435
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14232752', '16029533', '15606234', '11640735', '13029596']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.688318244705009
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5339688670072854
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6728833069352367
- Mean Citation Score: 302.681754
- Max Citation Score: 418.74747
- Similarity Product: 406.4413399133063

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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