PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16254872
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["222", "402120"]

Abstract:
An spray shield for an aerosol canister. Embodiments include a shield body constructed of a flexible sheet material. The shield body can generally define an arc of a circular ring and present a fixation mechanism, wing slots, and notches. The shield body can be rolled to form a frustum of a cone having a wide front opening and a narrower rear opening including a cutout. The shield body can be removably fixed in a conic configuration through engagement of tabs and tab slots. A retaining clip can comprise a semi-circular head adjoined by legs which meet wings at neck portions. In use, retaining clip can be engaged around a collar of an aerosol canister. Assembled shield body can be removably affixed to canister via retaining clip. Spray shield can direct particulate aerosol matter sprayed from a canister in a forward direction, and provide protection from environmental or other factors.

Claim (Index 5):
The shield of  claim 1 , wherein the retaining clip further comprises a head portion coupled to the first wing by a first leg and the second wing by second leg, the first leg and the second leg defining a gap therebetween.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76087
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13062973', '11318220', '10989883', '15837230', '15177861']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7734356562011301
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4786128496286767
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7439533755438847
- Mean Citation Score: 162.09072399999997
- Max Citation Score: 170.05633999999995
- Similarity Product: 115.0688433641493

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

Dataset: test