PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017878
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["089", "014400"]

Abstract:
Implementations of a firearm sound suppressor are provided. The firearm sound suppressor comprises a non-cylindrical, monolithic baffle core that is enclosed by a front plate and a back plate. In some implementations, the baffle core may comprise a proximal end configured to mount onto the muzzle of a firearm barrel, a distal end having an outlet aperture, and a plurality of baffles. The plurality of baffles may be positioned transverse to a projectile pathway extending through the sound suppressor and form expansion chambers therebetween. In this way, propellant gasses generated by the discharge of a firearm may be dispersed throughout the interior of the sound suppressor, and directed away from the projectile pathway extending therethrough, by the shearing effect of each baffle. The baffle core may further comprise two longitudinally extending expansion chambers, each of which may be in fluid communication with ports extending through an exterior sidewall of the baffle core.

Claim (Index 1):
A sound suppressor for a firearm comprising:\n a baffle core, the baffle core comprises a proximal end having an inlet aperture, a distal end having an outlet aperture, and at least one baffle positioned between the proximal end and the distal end to define a plurality of expansion chambers, the baffle core defines a longitudinally extending projectile pathway that extends from the inlet aperture to the outlet aperture; wherein the at least one baffle is positioned transverse to the projectile pathway; wherein the at least one baffle comprises a ridge feature having a first curved member and a second curved member extending from opposite sides thereof, one end of the first curved member is connected to a first interior sidewall of the baffle core, and one end of the second curved member is connected to a second interior sidewall of the baffle core; wherein the at least one baffle includes an aperture that extends through the ridge feature thereof, the aperture is coaxial with the longitudinally extending projectile pathway; a front plate configured to cover a first side of the baffle core; and a back plate configured to cover a second side of the baffle core.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 89.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15928037', '12853980', '13348811', '14718246', '15406505']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7971217467821698
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4997121319086214
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.767380785294815
- Mean Citation Score: 299.311638
- Max Citation Score: 304.41064
- Similarity Product: 269.6920165428448

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

Dataset: test