PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15952437
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["182", "217000"]

Abstract:
Ladder components, such as braces, as well as ladders and methods of manufacturing ladders are provided. In one embodiment, a ladder brace is provided which extends between a rail and a cross member (e.g., a rung or a cross-brace). The ladder brace may include a first connecting portion associated with the rail, a second connecting portion associated with the cross member, and a strut portion extending between the first and second connecting portions. At least one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is configured to completely encircle its associated component (e.g., either the rail or the cross member, respectively).

Claim (Index 1):
A ladder comprising:\n a first rail, a second rail spaced apart from the first rail, and at least one member extending between and coupled to the first rail and the second rail; at least one brace, wherein the brace includes a first connecting portion coupled with the first rail, a second connecting portion coupled with the at least one member, and a strut portion extending between, and connected to, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, wherein the first connecting portion includes a tubular configuration that encircles a portion of the first rail.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08772
- Patent Class: 182.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14978048', '14886566', '13480897', '12399815', '10117767']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7159994372882593
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4774732207307771
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6921468156325111
- Mean Citation Score: 204.368684
- Max Citation Score: 208.75493
- Similarity Product: 162.85195808195948

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

Dataset: test