PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053162
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["040", "606130"]

Abstract:
Banner supports and processes for making and using same. In some examples, a banner support can include at least one end connector having body which defines an aperture that is sized to allow a t-post to extend through the aperture, the end connector including at least one tab and an elongate support structure configured for connecting to a top edge of a banner and having a strength capable at least of supporting the banner, the support structure having an end with an end opening that is configured to selectively receive the end connector tab for attaching the end connector to the support structure in a locked position, and configured to selectively release the tab to at least partially detach the end connector from the support structure.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for supporting a banner, comprising:\n installing a first t-post at first position with a first t-post first end extending away from the ground; installing a second t-post at a second position, at a spaced apart distance from the first position, with a second t-post first end extending away from the ground; placing a first end connector over the first t-post first end and positioning the first end connector between two studs of the first t-post that are spaced apart from one another and spaced apart from the first t-post first end; placing a second end connector over the second t-post second end and positioning the second end connector between two studs of the second t-post that are spaced apart from one another and spaced apart from the second t-post first end; inserting a first end connector tab of the first end connector into a first end of an elongate support structure and securing the first end connector tab of the first end connector in the first end of the support structure such that the first end of the support structure and the first end connector cooperate to maintain the first end connector between the two studs of the first t-post to support the first end of the support structure; inserting a first end connector tab of the second end connector into a second end of the elongate support structure and securing the first end connector tab of the second end connector in the second end of the support structure such that the second end of the support structure and the second end connector cooperate to maintain the second end connector between the two studs of the second t-post to support the second end of the support structure; and attaching at least a portion of a top edge of the banner to the support structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12903
- Patent Class: 40.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12199027', '13440675', '16023619', '12607920', '12042213']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7309115947029611
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4790564016688422
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7057260753995492
- Mean Citation Score: 166.01221
- Max Citation Score: 180.6499
- Similarity Product: 131.70316142760518

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test