PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16130429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["004", "255050"]

Abstract:
A plunger or declogger assembly device is described that includes a collapsible frusto-conical container body and a valve-equipped lid for applying liquid, such as water, under pressure to clear drain clogs when the plunger device is placed over a drain opening. The frusto-conical container body is collapsible and the cover member or lid has a built-in lip for sealing purposes and the cover member is valve-equipped so as to release water only when downward pressure is applied to the top of the container, forcing the container to vertically and concentrically collapse and thereby force the liquid out and into the clogged drain.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of unclogging or clearing a drain pipe, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an elongated body forming an elongate chamber therein, the elongated body having a closed first end and an open second end, wherein a surface area of the first end is less than a surface area of the second end, the elongated body formed from a plurality of concentrically shaped structures which are longitudinally deformable upon receiving a downward pressure from the first end; covering the second end with a cover member having a flexible planar surface extending over the second open end, the planar surface including at least one slit configured to function as a valve; filling the elongate chamber with a non-toxic fluid such that the fluid level is substantially at or about a rim of the second open end; and exerting a downward pressure on the first end of the elongated body to thereby force the non-toxic fluid out through the at least one slit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7541
- Patent Class: 4.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13765069', '10983479', '11900075', '15009613', '11588998']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7828387428677613
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.485969674101843
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7531518359911695
- Mean Citation Score: 173.432148
- Max Citation Score: 208.7701
- Similarity Product: 154.7369698995173

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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