PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15902296
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["072", "111000"]

Abstract:
A retention ring for use with a recliner assembly is provided. The retention ring may be a metal member bent into an annular shape. The metal member may have a first end and a second end that are connected to one another to form a band that defines an inner diameter that may be configured to receive a recliner gear set.

Claim (Index 26):
The method of  claim 24  further comprising expanding a second portion of the band, before the step of forming the first portion of the band and after the step of connecting the first end and the second end to one another, so that the second portion of the band defines a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the first portion, wherein the first and second portions define a receptacle for receiving the recliner gear set.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52381
- Patent Class: 72.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13870656', '13509417', '11971699', '13806644', '15354721']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6889676179197026
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.48431208659566
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6685020647872983
- Mean Citation Score: 142.363176
- Max Citation Score: 155.58856
- Similarity Product: 97.60987921623708

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

Dataset: test