PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16431470
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["294", "218000"]

Abstract:
Reusable chopsticks that are foldable into a compact configuration for storage and easily transportable in a storage case. The chopsticks each comprise a rigid external structure and at least one flexible internal member that is foldable to a compact configuration for storage. In a folded configuration, the reusable chopsticks have a significantly reduced length of approximately one-half to one-fourth of their extended length when in use. The external structure of the chopstick is preferably formed of multiple rigid segments connected by the flexible internal member(s) in the extended configuration during use as chopsticks. A storage case is provided to store the chopsticks in the folded configuration in a compact form.

Claim (Index 4):
The chopstick of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of said segments includes a first end and a second end, said first end of one segment being configured to interdigitate with said second end of another segment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85938
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15987681', '12606214', '14323835', '13134242', '14212155']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.751836619881073
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5016317999928767
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7268161378922533
- Mean Citation Score: 213.871286
- Max Citation Score: 276.7472
- Similarity Product: 201.3922351512909

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