PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034837
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["084", "402000"]

Abstract:
A idiophone assembly for attachment to a rim or side of a drum comprising a idiophone, one or more quick release drum rim clamps and one or more fasteners and, as applicable, associated bosses for securing the clamps to the instrument is described. Advantageously, the assembly can be easily secured to the rim of a drum and easily removed from the drum as desired. In some variations, rubber insulating spacers are provided that at least partially acoustically isolate the instrument from the drum. The assembly is often positioned where it can be struck independently or in unison with the drum head to produce a rimshot or cross stick. A flexible drum stick is also described having two striking ends and a movable handle.

Claim (Index 18):
The drumstick of  claim 17 , further including a secondary shaft, the secondary shaft being substantially received in the tubular shaft, the secondary shaft being comprised of a different material than the material comprising the tubular shaft.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 84.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15610043', '15088114', '15616854', '13890189', '12889105']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5908031736766785
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4940663807831387
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5811294943873245
- Mean Citation Score: 178.41343999999995
- Max Citation Score: 281.3896
- Similarity Product: 217.3985175199985

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

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