PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16367810
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["119", "711000"]

Abstract:
A method of using a reconfigurable pet enrichment system to help pets fulfill their natural behaviors is provided. The system can be arranged to facilitate an environment that helps stimulate, entertain, and exercise a pet, and also provides a defensible space for napping, resting, or sleeping. The system can be constructed from two pieces of pliable material: a base component and a top-covering component attached to the base component by means of semi-permanent fasteners to create a variety of forms such as ripples, nooks and tunnels. The top component can contain several openings of different sizes. Openings appeal to a pet's predatory nature, as the openings provide a source of stimulation and interaction. The system may also be configured with a plurality of members attached via semi-permanent fasteners.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of providing a pet enrichment system comprising a base and a top covering having a plurality of semi-permanent fasteners affixed on a lower surface of the top covering and at least three openings in the top covering, the method comprising:\n selecting a three-dimensional shape from a plurality of potential three-dimensional shapes that each comprise an internal cavity accessible through at least one of the openings located between a first subset of the plurality of semi-permanent fasteners and a second subset of the plurality of semi-permanent fasteners on the top covering, wherein the internal cavity has space suitable for containing a companion animal and the at least one of the openings is of sufficient size to permit the animal to pass through the opening into the internal cavity; attaching the first subset of the plurality of semi-permanent fasteners to a first set of locations on an upper surface of the base associated with the selected three-dimensional shape of the plurality of potential three-dimensional shapes, wherein the semi-permanent fasteners are configured to each be coupled to any of a plurality of locations on the upper surface of the base; shaping the top covering into the selected three-dimensional shape of the plurality of potential three-dimensional shapes; and attaching the second subset of the plurality of semi-permanent fasteners to a second set of locations on the upper surface of the base associated with the selected three-dimensional shape of the plurality of potential three-dimensional shapes, wherein the attachment of the first and second subset of the plurality of semi-permanent fasteners on the upper surface of the base permits the internal cavity to be self-standing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64368
- Patent Class: 119.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15083794', '16367799', '11518263', '11657861', '14517745']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7409443327103691
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5267494283255758
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7195248422718897
- Mean Citation Score: 218.133578
- Max Citation Score: 356.82953
- Similarity Product: 257.71671960613253

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

Dataset: test