PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956979
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["114", "267000"]

Abstract:
A vented dock float and a method for providing one are provided. The dock float comprises a housing having a venting hole, a flange having a neck aligned with the hole, and a plug having a venting passage for controlling ventilation of the housing interior. The flange is spin-welded onto the exterior wall of the dock float at the venting hole. The float is then filled with light material through the flange neck. The plug having a venting passage is inserted in the neck in a non-sealing position for allowing gas trapped inside the dock float to vent out. Once the majority of the gas is vented out, the plug is moved to a sealing position to seal the dock float interior.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for providing a vented dock float with a venting mechanism, comprising:\n drilling a hole through a wall of a housing of the dock float to access an interior of the housing; and welding a flange comprising a neck having an axial bore formed by interior walls, a planar member outwardly extending from a base of the neck, and a guide ring on a bottom side of the planar member to the exterior wall of the housing such that the axial bore is aligned and coaxial with the hole for providing an access passage to the interior of the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25862
- Patent Class: 114.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12506852', '12769702', '15070902', '15616315', '14435087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7611157183609774
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4902073544614282
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7340248819710224
- Mean Citation Score: 200.643104
- Max Citation Score: 211.0092
- Similarity Product: 146.27988927175997

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