PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16009874
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["405", "063000"]

Abstract:
A barrier for protecting a port, waterway, or off-shore structure is provided. The barrier has a front elongated pontoon which extends substantially the length of the barrier. A net assembly, provided either in sections, or as an elongated net, extends vertically upward from the front elongated pontoon and along the length of the front elongated pontoon. The net assembly is affixed to the front elongated pontoon with one or more net support beams. The front elongated pontoon is supported by a rear pontoon support structure, which may be a series of pontoons, each connected to the front elongated pontoon and spaced apart the length of the front elongated pontoon, or an elongated cylindrically shaped rear pontoon which extends substantially the length of the barrier. In some embodiments, a rear net section is attached to the rear pontoon support structure. In another embodiment of the invention, a barrier system for protecting a port, waterway, or off-shore structure is provided. The barrier system comprises two or more contiguous barrier units, one of which is a barrier according to the present invention that form a perimeter to protect the port, waterway, or off-shore structure and can additionally act as a debris barrier. In one embodiment, the barrier system forms a perimeter protecting a port or waterway. In another embodiment, the barrier system protects an off-shore structure.

Claim (Index 16):
A barrier according to  claim 1  wherein the net has a pattern selected from the group consisting of: a net having a diamond-shaped mesh pattern, a net having a rectangular mesh pattern, and a net having a plurality of interconnecting rings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 66.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.04878
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10621655', '11014088', '10622177', '15712220', '11602429']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8077690410079543
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5062304973663371
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7776151866437926
- Mean Citation Score: 238.528922
- Max Citation Score: 264.9772
- Similarity Product: 176.55547677800655

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

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