PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16182193
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["362", "543000"]

Abstract:
A vehicle article carrier apparatus is disclosed for supporting articles above an exterior body surface of a vehicle. The apparatus may have at least one cross bar adapted to be fixedly supported at opposite end portions thereof relative to the outer body surface, for supporting articles thereon above the outer body surface. The one cross bar has at least one light integrally mounted within at least a portion of an interior area thereof, and adjacent a first surface thereof, to enable the light to project light outwardly therefrom. The cross bar may also have a heat sink disposed on a second surface thereof for dissipating heat generated by the light.

Claim (Index 19):
A vehicle article carrier apparatus for carrying articles above an outer body surface of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:\n first and second cross bars each configured to be secured against movement relative to the outer body surface of the vehicle; the first cross bar including a first metallic housing and a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) housed in the first metallic housing, and directing light therefrom in a first direction out toward a front portion of the vehicle from a leading edge surface of the first cross bar, and a first heat sink formed on a trailing edge surface of the first cross bar for dissipating heat generated by the first plurality of LEDs; the second cross bar including a second metallic housing and a second plurality of LEDs housed in a trailing edge surface of the second metallic housing, and directing light therefrom in a second direction out toward a rear portion of the vehicle from the trailing edge surface of the second metallic housing, and a second heat sink formed on a leading edge surface of the second cross bar for dissipating heat generated by the second plurality of LEDs; and wherein each of the first and second cross bars have a generally oval shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82812
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13024104', '13431287', '13076838', '12639480', '14577504']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.833762094860124
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4808847958339661
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7984743649575081
- Mean Citation Score: 180.750384
- Max Citation Score: 188.38258
- Similarity Product: 126.25413802523371

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

Dataset: test