PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16041803
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["401", "006000"]

Abstract:
A tactual finger grip device and method provides increased tactual and visual sensory awareness of finger pressure and alignment especially for the left-handed user. The grip device provides a conically shaped finger sleeve of resilient material having two open ends for inserting and adjustably securing a writing implement. A plurality of raised surface projections positioned about the outer surface provide tactual friction between the device and grasping fingers when pressure is applied to the writing implement. The device provides visual indicia for the forefinger, index finger, and thumb placement forming a natural hand position. Alternatively, the device with a plurality of raised surface projections positioned about the inner surface creates tactual friction between the device and received finger when pressure is applied by the user's finger to a surface. The grip device provides corrective alignment indicia guidance for repeated motions of the fingers, hand, wrist, and arm.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of tactually gripping an elongate writing implement, comprising:\n providing a finger sleeve of resilient material having a conical shape with an inner surface and an outer surface and an interior portion for adaptably receiving a finger therein,\n having a plurality of raised projections positioned about the finger sleeve outer surface for enhancing tactual friction with the writer's fingers when the writer grasps an elongate writing implement with a marking end, \n having a first open end opposite a curved second open end forming a longitudinal passage for inserting and receiving therethrough the elongate writing implement and for exposing the elongate writing implement marking end. \n forming a grip by securing and adjusting the second curved open end of the finger sleeve on the elongate writing implement; \n placing the combination of the tactual finger grip adjustably secured to the elongate writing implement within a writer's grasp such that a writer's thumb, forefinger, and index finger hold the finger sleeve surrounding the elongate writing implement therein; and \n grasping with pressure the tactual finger grip device and writing implement such that the writer's thumb, forefinger, and index finger force the writing implement to compress some of the raised projections into the fleshy parts of the fingers; thereby forcing tactual pressure and friction into the writer's thumb, forefinger, and index finger; \n moving an arm with the writing hand and fingers toward a sheet of paper until the elongate writing implement marking end contacts the paper; \n moving the writing hand and fingers in motions which describe alphabetical characters to cause the elongate writing implement marking end to mark the paper; \n changing the grasping pressure applied on the elongate writing implement thereby changing the tactual pressure and friction received from some of the raised projections on the tactual finger grip device until only the grasping pressure necessary to mark the paper is applied on the elongate writing implement; and \n adjusting and aligning visually the forefinger on the first alignment indicia with forefinger movement in the direction of the second alignment indicia; \n adjusting and aligning visually the thumb in the rectangle alignment indicia for enabling a natural hand position and angle between forefinger and thumb, preferably an angle ranging between 5-15 degrees; \n changing the writer's finger and hand direction or movement applied on the elongate writing implement thereby changing the tactual pressure and friction received from some of the raised projections on the tactual finger grip device while aligning visually the forefinger and thumb positions; and \n further moving the arm and hand while further aligning the fingers in motions which describe alphabetical characters to cause the elongate writing implement marking end to mark the paper until evenly aligned characters mark the paper.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10526
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14263458', '15613124', '14092970', '14018432', '15364283']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6856943737501934
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4803504712370021
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6651599834988743
- Mean Citation Score: 228.904218
- Max Citation Score: 240.62639
- Similarity Product: 159.09655802598954

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

Dataset: test