PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15776815
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["206", "761000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to storage device for a brush, the storage device comprising a flexible plastic container comprising an inside face and an outside face, where the plastic container comprises a tapered area between a first wider end towards a second narrower end and where the tapered area on the inside face has a dimension allowing a fit with one or more sizes of brush heads.

Claim (Index 11):
Method of using a storage device for a used paint brush, the storage device comprising a flexible plastic container having an inner cavity delimited by flexible plastic film comprising an inside face and an outside face, where the inner cavity of the plastic container comprises a tapered section between a first wider open end towards a second narrower closed end, and where the tapered section on the inside face has a dimension which in use allows a fit with one or more different sizes of brush heads, wherein a storage device of an appropriate size is selected, and thereafter at least the brush bristles of the used brush are inserted into the cavity, such that the tapered section squeezes or urges the brush bristles together, thereby expelling excess paint and air.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56818
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14511176', '13029596', '15897132', '14522612', '15285435']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.768891873925028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4658272907227054
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7385854156047957
- Mean Citation Score: 143.650482
- Max Citation Score: 147.2477
- Similarity Product: 105.21939249651432

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

Dataset: test