PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16157905
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["024", "403000"]

Abstract:
A fastening device is provided having a first magnetic aligning member comprising a first magnet and a female retention element, wherein the first magnetic aligning member is affixed to a first zipper track comprising a plurality of teeth; a second magnetic aligning member comprising a second magnet and a male retention element, wherein the second magnetic aligning member is affixed to a second zipper track comprising a plurality of teeth; and a sliding member. The sliding member slidably connects to the first zipper track, and lacks a locking pin.

Claim (Index 1):
A self-aligning zipper comprising:\n a first magnetic aligning member comprising a first magnet and a female retention element, wherein the first magnetic aligning member is affixed to a first zipper track comprising a plurality of teeth; a second magnetic aligning member comprising a second magnet and a male retention element, wherein the second magnetic aligning member is affixed to a second zipper track comprising a plurality of teeth; a sliding member slidably connected to the first zipper track, and wherein the sliding member lacks a locking pin; wherein the female retention element comprises a groove to receive the male retention element; and wherein the first magnet of the female retention element and the second magnet of the male retention element may be connected through attractive forces to ensure proper alignment of the first zipper track and the second zipper track.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52632
- Patent Class: 24.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13608469', '12484296', '13406473', '14305712', '12478224']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7369982720423244
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4278219658133229
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7060806414194243
- Mean Citation Score: 173.015812
- Max Citation Score: 209.71141
- Similarity Product: 189.5177124496884

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