PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872226
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["029", "525010"]

Abstract:
A roof rack system for a vehicle that has roll bars that are selectively covered with a removable or retractable roof. A first mounting bar attaches to a first roll bar of the vehicle. The second mounting bar attaches to the second roll bar. An optional third mounting bar may be used. Both the first mounting bar and the second mounting bar are held within a gap space between the roll bars and the soft top roof. When the soft top roof is retracted, a plurality of mounting accessories can be selectively attached to both the first mounting bar and the second mounting bar. The mounting accessories can have different shapes.

Claim (Index 12):
In a vehicle having a first roll bar, a second roll bar, and a retractable soft top roof, wherein a gap space exists between said first roll bar, said second roll bar and said retractable soft top roof, a method of connecting a roof rack to said first roll bar and said second roll bar, said method comprising the steps of:\n attaching a first mounting bar to said first roll bar within said gap space, wherein said first mounting bar supports a first plurality of receptacles; attaching a second mounting bar to said second roll bar within said gap space, wherein said second mounting bar supports a second plurality of receptacles; and providing at least one mounting accessory that can selectively attach to any one of said first plurality of receptacles and said second plurality of receptacles when said soft top roof is retracted.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16364
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14531742', '14849377', '14055685', '14927238', '14949300']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8677179764315994
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4838916156586972
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8293353403543092
- Mean Citation Score: 207.96759
- Max Citation Score: 215.73193
- Similarity Product: 161.21619461253644

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