PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15746177
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["405", "283000"]

Abstract:
A trench box has first and second side panels connected in parallel spaced relation by first and second lateral supports. Each lateral support comprises connection points at each end of each lateral support that connect the side panels to the lateral supports. The connection points maintain the side panels in parallel spaced relation and the lateral supports in parallel spaced relation between the side panels. Each connection point comprises a pivot connection that permits pivotal movement of the side panels relative to the lateral supports about a pivot axis, and a releasable connection spaced from the pivot connection in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis. The releasable connection is selectively releasable to permit the respective first or second side panel to pivot about the pivot axis such that the panels are not parallel.

Claim (Index 38):
The method of  claim 30 , further comprising the step of installing the trench box in the excavation to support at least a portion of the sidewalls of the excavation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 104.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45614
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11442652', '13663314', '14179217', '15434136', '15615490']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7379958824245925
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5083438562606708
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7150306798082003
- Mean Citation Score: 191.377068
- Max Citation Score: 195.97827
- Similarity Product: 106.59230324566845

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

Dataset: test