PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16207775
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["052", "747100"]

Abstract:
A bushing includes an upper collar with a lower sheath and an annular shoulder intermediate the collar and sheath. The collar has a plurality of spaced apart notches and the sheath has a plurality of spaced apart slits that may be circumferentially aligned with the notches. The sheath has a plurality of spaced apart ribs projecting outward circumferentially offset from the slit for assisting in maintaining the sheath within a hole in a fastener with the annular shoulder against the fastener. A securing member with an elongate shank extending from a head with a distal portion is maintained in the longitudinal opening in an upright position aligned with the hole. As the fastener is driven longitudinally through the opening and hole, force from the fastener causes the bushing to break away and yields direct contact between the securing member head against the top surface of the fastener.

Claim (Index 10):
The break-away fastening unit of  claim 2 , wherein said upper collar includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced slits, said shoulder includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches, and said collar includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced indentations, said slits, notches, and indentations cooperating to break away the bushing into a plurality of distinct sections by an outward force from said securing member being driven into the fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09589
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15646709', '13186630', '11013383', '12535727', '12573540']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7930943364394105
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5633600546325561
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.770120908258725
- Mean Citation Score: 242.379458
- Max Citation Score: 446.3607
- Similarity Product: 337.1999495815158

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