PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15777461
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["248", "056000"]

Abstract:
A grommet for surrounding a conduit received through a hole in a part, including a grommet body configured for engagement with a perimeter of the hole in the part and defining a closed or substantially closed perimeter, and a plurality fingers, the fingers extending axially from the grommet body and being circumferentially spaced from one another, each of the fingers being elongated and having a free end axially spaced from the grommet body. An assembly includes the part, the grommet, the conduit, and an adjustable length fastener spaced from the part, the adjustable length fastener forming a loop having an adjustable perimeter, the conduit and the fingers extending within the loop, the adjustable length fastener retaining the fingers against the outer surface of the conduit. A method of supporting a conduit within a hole through a part is also discussed.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of supporting a conduit within a hole defined through a part, the method comprising:\n engaging a body of a grommet against an inner surface of the part defining a perimeter of the hole; inserting the conduit within the body; engaging a loop of an adjustable length fastener around the conduit and around a plurality of fingers of the grommet, the fingers extending from the body away from the part, a free end of the fingers including a protuberance extending radially outwardly relative to an adjacent portion of the finger, the plurality of fingers being circumferentially spaced around the conduit; and tightening the loop to press the plurality of fingers against the conduit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14876891', '14874193', '12598722', '14812663', '12494714']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7888166913349335
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4873220364430706
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7586672258457472
- Mean Citation Score: 186.75199000000003
- Max Citation Score: 216.94127000000003
- Similarity Product: 159.09256978076104

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

Dataset: test