PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16432755
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["198", "773000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for supporting an article during transport is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support surface oriented to support an underside of an article to be transported. The apparatus also includes a plurality of pins distributed over at least a portion of the support surface and movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the plurality of pins being urged into the extended position such that a lateral retaining portion of each pin protrudes above the support surface. The underside of the article, when received on the support surface, causes a first portion of the plurality of pins underlying the article to be depressed into the retracted position while a second portion of the plurality of pins remain in the extended position such that the lateral retaining portions of pins disposed adjacent to the article constrain the article to prevent movement of the article on the support surface while being transported.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for supporting an article during transport, the apparatus comprising:\n a support surface oriented to support an underside of an article to be transported; a plurality of pins distributed over at least a portion of the support surface and movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the plurality of pins being urged into the extended position such that a lateral retaining portion of each pin protrudes above the support surface; and wherein the underside of the article, when received on the support surface, causes a portion of the plurality of pins underlying the article to be depressed into the retracted position while an extended plurality of pins remain in the extended position such that the lateral retaining portions of the extended plurality of pins disposed adjacent to the article constrain the article to prevent movement of the article on the support surface while being transported.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40299
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11746845', '11746854', '14444325', '15494066', '15494104']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7316216032245197
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695401756438071
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7054134604664485
- Mean Citation Score: 194.265252
- Max Citation Score: 215.89938
- Similarity Product: 151.05537591354133

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