PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16169651
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["362", "234000"]

Abstract:
A system and method of illuminating one or more foot pedals with an optically brightened layer positioned to fluoresce responsive to activation of one or more ultraviolet (UV) illuminating devices positioned adjacent or attached to the one or more foot pedals. The optically brightened layer may include an optically brightened coating covering at least a portion of each of the one or more foot pedals, or may include an optically brightened material layer positioned to cover and protect each of the one or more foot pedals from debris or moisture during use. A friction portion may be attached to the optically brightened material layer, the friction portion being positioned adjacent a lower surface of the foot pedal when the optically brightened material layer surrounds the foot pedal, the friction portion being configured to prevent sliding of the foot pedal against the floor or other surface.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 18 , the method further comprising:\n attaching the one or more UV illuminating devices to a frame, the frame comprising:\n a bottom wall; \n first and second walls extending upward from opposite lateral sides of the bottom wall; and \n a third wall extending between the first and second walls and along a side of the bottom wall; \n positioning the one or more foot pedals in the frame such that the first, second, and third walls surround the one or more foot pedals, the one or more foot pedals comprising:\n one or more foot pedals, each of the one or more foot pedals being configured to transition from an initial position to a depressed position, and also being positioned to activate a function of the foot pedal when in the depressed position, the lower surface of each of the one or more foot pedals being adapted to be positioned on a floor or other surface, \n wherein the one or more UV illuminating devices surround a majority of a perimeter of each of the one or more foot pedals to illuminate light therefrom and onto the one or more foot pedals such that the optically brightened layer fluoresces responsive to activation of the one or more UV illuminating devices.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42857
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16048260', '15592907', '10516865', '11807634', '15291302']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8438451360333757
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5173661421340896
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8111972366434471
- Mean Citation Score: 248.403678
- Max Citation Score: 348.7813700000001
- Similarity Product: 286.4476633940888

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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