PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16150072
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["362", "496000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are techniques for installing an exterior-mounted light bar accessory underneath a factory-installed rear spoiler on a liftgate of a vehicle while leaving intact the rear spoiler and a liftgate spoiler sealing system fitted and mounting components used during factory installation of the rear spoiler by attachment to the liftgate, the liftgate having a top side margin and the vehicle having a roof with a rear end, the rear spoiler mounted at the top side margin of the liftgate and at the rear end of the roof, and the liftgate having an outer surface with first and second curved distal ends.

Claim (Index 8):
A method of installing an exterior-mounted light bar accessory underneath a factory-installed rear spoiler on a liftgate of a vehicle while leaving intact the rear spoiler and a liftgate spoiler sealing system fitted and mounting components used during factory installation of the rear spoiler by attachment to the liftgate, the liftgate having a top side margin and the vehicle having a roof with a rear end, the rear spoiler mounted at the top side margin of the liftgate and at the rear end of the roof, and the liftgate having an outer surface with first and second curved distal ends, comprising:\n obtaining first and second light bar housings for installation underneath the rear spoiler and against the outer surface of the liftgate, each of the first and second light bar housings configured for attachment of multiple light heads and including a liftgate mounting surface and a light head mounting surface, the liftgate mounting surfaces of the first and second light bar housings having curved distal end portions of complementary shapes to the curved surfaces of the respective first and second distal ends of the outer surface of the liftgate; positioning each of the first and second light bar housings underneath the rear spoiler and against the outer surface of the liftgate, the liftgate mounting surfaces of the first and second light bar housings set in alignment with the respective first and second curved distal ends of the liftgate; and using bonding material to securely mount the first and second light bar housings, while set in their alignment positions, to the outer surface of the liftgate, thereby leaving intact the factory-installed rear spoiler and its mounting components and sealing system throughout the installation of the first and second light bar housings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94444
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14606302', '14955256', '14232966', '11749947', '15428448']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8433323119074413
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4761718597813025
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8066162666948274
- Mean Citation Score: 212.043764
- Max Citation Score: 220.95648
- Similarity Product: 171.36114036781308

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

Dataset: test