PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149049
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["043", "014000"]

Abstract:
The fish catching trap includes a substantially rigid round base having an open net surrounding it. A buoy or float is attached to the net by a line, the buoy being held stationary to an upper handle-like portion of the base using a nail or pin. The pin is attached to a string connected to fish bait placed in the bottom of the trap. When a fish disturbs or moves the bait, the string is pulled and the pin is released, allowing the buoy to quickly move upwards, closing the net surrounding the base and trapping any fish in the area. A second buoy serves as a visual indicator that the trap has been sprung.

Claim (Index 1):
A fish trap with buoy-activated net, comprising:\n a base having an upper frame member; an upper net stored in the base; a net-activating buoy having a set position where the buoy is held against the upper frame member and a released position where the buoy is raised by buoyant forces, the net-activating buoy pulling the upper net upward and closing the upper net to enclose the trap from the base to above the upper frame member, trapping any fish between the base and the upper frame member; at least one net gathering line connecting the upper net to the net-activating buoy for pulling the upper net upward and closing the upper net; a retaining pin slidably attached to the net-activating buoy for selectively holding the net-activating buoy to the upper frame member in the set position; a bait holder; and a buoy releasing line having a first end connected to the bait holder and a second end connected to the retaining pin; wherein when the bait holder is moved away from the upper frame member, the retaining pin releases the net-activating buoy to the released position, pulling the upper net upward and closing the upper net to trap any fish between the base and the upper frame member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85075
- Patent Class: 43.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13252065', '13585182', '12004436', '15441014', '14187054']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7370719658191093
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4772683554169264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.711091604778891
- Mean Citation Score: 170.62388200000004
- Max Citation Score: 186.23439
- Similarity Product: 135.8351864129752

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

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