PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010315
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["405", "107000"]

Abstract:
A fiber block system suitable for controlling erosion and stabilizing soil is described that comprises a fiber block formed of a densely packed natural fibers and having an apron extending therefrom, wherein the apron is formed of the same natural fibers. The fiber block and apron are enclosed in a sleeve of fiber mesh and ties are disposed in the fiber block and connect to the sleeve. The fiber block, mesh, and ties can be made of coir fibers.

Claim (Index 1):
A fiber block system for perimeter sediment control, slope length shortening, and check dam applications comprising:\n a fiber block comprising a top side, a bottom side opposing the top side, a front side connected to the top side, a rear side opposing the front side and extending between the top side and the bottom side, a right side, and a left side opposing the right side, wherein the fiber block comprises compressed natural fibers; a sleeve encasing the fiber block, wherein the sleeve comprises a natural fiber mesh; and, a plurality of ties extending through the fiber block, wherein each tie of the plurality of ties comprises a first end extending through one of the top side, the bottom side, the front side, and the rear side of the fiber block and a second end extending through another of the top side, the bottom side, the front side, and the rear side of the fiber block, wherein each tie of the plurality of ties connects to the sleeve at the first end and the second end of the tie, whereby the plurality of ties supports the fiber block, and wherein each tie of the plurality of ties comprises natural fibers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84783
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14594931', '15410672', '10354310', '11061953', '15024287']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7476706290855838
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5053128128869905
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7234348474657244
- Mean Citation Score: 204.752528
- Max Citation Score: 274.2279
- Similarity Product: 198.6966655469656

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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