PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16404640
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["248", "231810"]

Abstract:
A decorative removable lighting enclosed clip made for mounting a light to a support surface such as gutters, shingles or a building structure is disclosed. The clip may include an expandable bulb holder adapted to permit passage of a bulb that is larger than the resting diameter of the bulb holder. In some embodiments, the clip includes a slot that bisects a portion of the clip into sections that can flex away from each other, which enables the bulb holder to expand when subjected to a force. As a result, the clip may be installed with a decorative light strand without having to remove the bulbs from their sockets.

Claim (Index 1):
A clip comprising:\n an elongated body having a first end and a second end; a strut having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the strut is rigidly connected to the second end of the elongated body; a cantilever having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the cantilever is rigidly connected to the second end of the strut; a substantially circular bulb holder rigidly connected to and extending from the first end of the cantilever in a direction substantially opposite the second end of the cantilever, wherein the bulb holder includes a hole having a first diameter that is configured to receive at least a portion of a bulb; a slot extending from the hole of the bulb holder and toward the second end of the cantilever, wherein the slot and the hole of the bulb holder form a continuous space to enable the hole to temporarily deform and permit passage of the at least a portion of a bulb, said bulb having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter of the hole; and wherein the second end of the cantilever is resiliently capable of being pulled away from the elongated body to accommodate the positioning of a structure between the elongated body and the cantilever, and wherein the clip is made from a substantially resilient material having a memory that causes the second end of the cantilever to return toward a relaxed position when not subject to an external force, and wherein, when the structure is situated between the elongated body and the cantilever, the memory causes the second end of the cantilever to return toward the relaxed position, such that the cantilever and the elongated body exert pressure on the structure, to thereby maintain the position of the clip about the structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15067119', '15647832', '15215508', '12314753', '12432950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8173910392641808
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4894379601927666
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7845957313570394
- Mean Citation Score: 199.23516
- Max Citation Score: 266.2699
- Similarity Product: 213.4300431629061

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

Dataset: test