PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918703
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["134", "006000"]

Abstract:
A brush accessory for fitting over the bristles and head of a brush, such as a hairbrush used for pets or humans. The accessory generally includes a stretchable band surrounding a stretchable mesh web which fits between the bristles of the brush. Optional pull tabs and brush handle loops can be connected to the stretchable band for easy removal and secure attachment to the brush handle, respectively.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of cleaning a brush having bristles, the method comprising the steps:\n placing a brush cleaning accessory about bristles of a brush, each said bristle comprising a base, said brush cleaning accessory comprising a stretchable band having an interior area and a stretchable mesh net connecting to said stretchable band and filling said interior area of said stretchable band, said stretchable mesh net configured to be interspaced between bristles affixed to said head of said brush, wherein said stretchable band is placed about the bases of a plurality of said bristles; looping a first pull tab affixed to said stretchable band over a handle of said brush, thereby securing said brush cleaning accessory to said brush via said first pull tab; placing at least one hair accessory within an opening within a second pull tab affixed at an opposing end of said stretchable band from said first pull tab; said first pull tab having a generally parallel orientation with said stretchable band and a generally horizontal opening for receiving said handle; said second pull tab having a generally perpendicular orientation with said stretchable band, such that said opening is vertically oriented; brushing an object with said brush; removing said brush cleaning accessory from said head of said brush while retaining said first pull tab about said handle, thereby displacing debris located between said bristles; contracting said stretchable band upon removal from said head of said brush; deforming and displacing said stretchable mesh net; and cupping said stretchable mesh net about said debris, thereby capturing said debris within said stretchable mesh net while said first pull tab remains affixed to said handle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56522
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10846942', '12457271', '14106375', '11788666', '13341794']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8332889235820862
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4735271273938473
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7973127439632623
- Mean Citation Score: 155.80675000000005
- Max Citation Score: 168.6603
- Similarity Product: 122.96356781970265

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