PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16156352
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["404", "026000"]

Abstract:
A device for positioning a frame over a head of a catch basin or manhole, comprising: an elongated body extending between a first end and a second end, the elongated body having an adjustable length, the first end second ends of the elongated body being adapted to abut opposite sections of a top face of the head; and a first leveling member and a second leveling member each secured to the elongated member such that a distance between the first and second leveling members varies when the length of the elongated body varies, the first and second leveling members each comprising: a guide member extending from the elongated member; and a frame receiving member slidably and rotatably secured to the elongated member, the frame receiving member being configured for receiving and supporting a lower end of the frame in order to position and orient the frame relative to the head.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for positioning a frame over an inlet of a catch basin or manhole, the method comprising:\n providing the frame positioning device of  claim 8 ; positioning the first end portion of the at least one frame positioning device on a rim of a concrete head and the second end portion of the at least one frame positioning device on the rim opposite the first end portion such that the body extends across the opening; moving a lower edge of the frame and a corresponding receiving member towards each other until the lower edge is received in the receiving member; and vertically moving the at least one supporting member along a displacement member to a desired vertical location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53968
- Patent Class: 404.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15403975', '15593858', '14795407', '13278869', '14162430']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7202185447245759
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4821633129565671
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6964130215477751
- Mean Citation Score: 199.352042
- Max Citation Score: 207.92126
- Similarity Product: 154.67471996142862

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

Dataset: test