PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179866
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["405", "063000"]

Abstract:
A compactable containment boom with an elongated flotation portion and a weighted skirt has a pull through compaction rope guided internally down the center of the boom. Pulling on an end rope that extends outside the boom compacts the boom longitudinally in an accordion-like fashion. After the boom is compacted, the excess rope is coiled and stored in a pocket on an end of the boom. The pocket is then closed with a releasable and reusable closure to keep the rope inside, and a portion of the rope outside the pocket is tied off to a loop on an end fitting of the boom to keep the rope taut and the boom compacted. The boom alternatively may be compacted by securing the end of the compaction rope to a fixed location, then manually shoving or sliding the boom up the rope into a compacted state.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for compacting a containment boom having an elongated flotation portion with a first end and a second end, a skirt extending downward from the flotation portion, a pull through compaction line having a distal end attached to the first end and a proximal portion at the second end, and a pocket on the flotation portion near the second end, the method comprising:\n holding the second end stationary; pulling on the proximal portion of the compaction line to longitudinally compact the boom; forming a series of loops in the proximal portion of the compaction line as the boom is being compacted; flattening the loops; placing the flattened loops into the pocket with the proximal end of the line disposed at the bottom of the pocket; and closing the pocket with a reversible and releasable closure after the compaction line is placed into the pocket.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12982727', '11742301', '14248261', '12806076', '15518494']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7445710055286213
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4773378005984965
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7178476850356088
- Mean Citation Score: 181.971426
- Max Citation Score: 199.12677
- Similarity Product: 153.38608707564532

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

Dataset: test