PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015741
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["126", "02500R"]

Abstract:
A grill or BBQ appliance that is generally intended for outdoor use has a pivoting hood disposed in hinged connection with a grill body, both of which are raised above a firebox that receives a food support grate. The hood may include overhanging lights configured to provide optimal lighting through a range of hood positions. The hood may also be counterbalanced to stably position the hood through a range of open positions.

Claim (Index 1):
A grilling apparatus, the apparatus comprising:\n a grill body comprising a firebox adapted to burn a source of fuel, the firebox comprising an upper rim, the upper rim adapted to support a food grate along a lateral plane defining a food supporting region above the firebox between forward, rear, left, and right edges of the upper rim; a hood pivotably mounted to the grill body at a pivot positioned along a side of the grill body and pivotable above the food supporting region between a closed position and one or more open positions, the hood including a front face positioned between a forward end and a rear end and right and left sides, wherein, in the closed position, the hood is space away and extends above a forward portion of the food supporting region, and wherein pivoting the hood toward the open position progressively uncovers at least a forward sub-portion of the forward portion of the food supporting region adjacent to the forward edge of the upper rim; and one or more light modules housing one or more lights mounted along a forward portion of an interior side of the hood to overhang and illuminate the food supporting region when the hood is in an open position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.38182
- Patent Class: 126.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10319434', '13466537', '12315450', '10319421', '11098721']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8189790224646142
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4993995450633837
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7870210747244911
- Mean Citation Score: 229.911718
- Max Citation Score: 253.0682
- Similarity Product: 190.8373632231712

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