PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913241
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "382000"]

Abstract:
A valve box lock for preventing unauthorized access to a shut off valve including a security bolt extending through a hole in a valve box cover and received into a threaded hole in a cam piece mounted to the undersurface of the cover, the cam piece is moved up and down by rotation of the security bolt in either direction. The cam piece engages a pair of locking plates which are moved radially out into engagement with an inner surface of the valve box to prevent removal of the cover when the security bolt is rotated in one direction, or are retracted radially to release the cover so as to be able to be removed. A automatic lubricating arrangement is associated with the security bolt to insure that it is able to be turned by excluding any.

Claim (Index 7):
The cover according to  claim 1  wherein said outer ends of said locking plates are curved to match a curvature of said inner surface of said valve box.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84416
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15474035', '14757000', '13681322', '11560214', '12233775']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.841337861545725
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4867957630211089
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8058836516932635
- Mean Citation Score: 184.86837
- Max Citation Score: 219.32489
- Similarity Product: 141.7662435333717

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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