PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949418
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["043", "086000"]

Abstract:
An animal trap having an enclosure body, a restraint, and a latching and triggering mechanism is provided. A method of using this animal trap is also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
An animal trap comprising:\n an enclosure body having an enclosure longitudinal axis defining an enclosure longitudinal direction, a first side and a second side, and at least one wall, the at least one wall having at least one upper aperture and at least one lower aperture therein, the enclosure body having an enclosure first end and an enclosure second end in the enclosure longitudinal direction, the enclosure having an opening at the enclosure first end; a set dog pivotally connected to the enclosure body adjacent the first side of the enclosure body and adjacent the enclosure first end, the set dog having a first set dog end adjacent the enclosure first end and a second set dog end opposite the first set dog end, the set dog also having a latch portion adjacent the set dog first end and a leg connected to the latch portion, the leg having a leg longitudinal axis, the leg being capable of being positioned such that the leg longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the enclosure longitudinal axis; a trigger having a trigger first end and a trigger second end, the trigger first end disposed adjacent the at least one lower aperture and the leg of the set dog for moving the set dog by engagement therewith, the trigger second end disposed inside the enclosure body and movable in at least a first firing direction and a second, opposite firing direction; a setting member configured to engage the latch portion of the set dog and being capable of disengaging from the latch portion of the set dog; a restraint extending through the at least one upper aperture in the at least one wall of the enclosure body and having an engagement portion inside the enclosure body, the restraint being connected to the setting member; and a biasing member which biases a portion of the setting member away from the enclosure body and biases the engagement portion of the restraint toward the first side of the enclosure body, the trigger engaging and moving a portion of the leg adjacent the second set dog end away from the enclosure body to cause disengagement of the setting member from the latch of the set dog when the second end of the trigger is moved an effectual disengagement distance in one of the at least two firing directions, the leg of the set dog extending between the setting member and the enclosure body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.34783
- Patent Class: 43.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14319431', '12881241', '13434131', '13556762', '12773303']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7483895570833812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4958307887522151
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7231336802502646
- Mean Citation Score: 249.618928
- Max Citation Score: 265.32922
- Similarity Product: 197.38852854284167

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

Dataset: test