PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934074
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["040", "592000"]

Abstract:
A cross bar for mounting a vehicle topper to a roof of a vehicle has a center section with a substantially rectangular cross section. Tapered sections are attached at a proximal end to each side of the center section. Outer plates are located on the distal end of each respective tapered section. The tapered sections increase in cross sectional area from their distal end to their proximal end.

Claim (Index 9):
A system for mounting a vehicle topper to a roof of a vehicle comprising:\n a first and second cross bar, each cross bar comprising:\n a center section having a substantially rectangular cross section, \n a first and second tapered section extending from either end of said center section, wherein each tapered section has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of each tapered section is attached to the respective end of the center section, and \n a first and second outer plate located on the distal end of each respective tapered section, \n wherein said first and second tapered sections increase in cross sectional area from said proximal end to said distal end; \n at least four receivers, wherein each receiver is configured to be placed on the roof of the vehicle below one of the outer plates; and at least four fasteners, wherein each fastener is configured to be passed through the respective outer plate and into the respective receiver.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71429
- Patent Class: 40.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13592808', '15049574', '13455511', '14068958', '14577504']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7317852607179338
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4849572370746786
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7071024583536084
- Mean Citation Score: 171.021672
- Max Citation Score: 180.25542
- Similarity Product: 124.12432338890076

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