PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16253493
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["222", "384000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and a method are provided for a sprayer nozzle support to a pump mechanism of a trigger sprayer assembly. The sprayer nozzle support generally comprises a tower portion and a first and second side protrusions. The tower portion is configured to convey stability to the pump mechanism when a screw cap of the trigger sprayer assembly is screwed onto a neck of a container. A top of the tower portion is configured to support the pump mechanism and a bottom of the tower portion is configured to contact the screw cap. The first and second side protrusions provide structures whereby the sprayer nozzle support may be removed from the trigger sprayer assembly. A curved proximal surface of the tower portion and the first and second side protrusions facilitates an unobstructed grasping of the trigger sprayer assembly in a hand.

Claim (Index 6):
The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the flat strip further comprises a rounded edge to further facilitate installation and removal of the apparatus from the trigger sprayer assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.49153
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14857672', '13566988', '10925539', '11376071', '11550647']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7824934122988924
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5524100124936961
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7594850723183727
- Mean Citation Score: 235.149932
- Max Citation Score: 430.59634000000005
- Similarity Product: 373.56119220315225

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