PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974900
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "476000"]

Abstract:
A net fastener for releasably fastening a net to a horizontal crossbar includes a hook defining a loop, the hook having a free end and a handle end defining an opening leading to the loop, an elongate handle extending from the handle end of the hook, a first engagement element proximate the handle end of the hook and a second engagement element located on the handle and separated from the first engagement element by a length of the handle. The first engagement element engages a vertical cord and/or a first horizontal cord of the net and the second engagement element engages a second horizontal cord and/or the vertical cord of the net, and the hook engages the horizontal crossbar. A method for using a plurality of net fasteners to fasten a net to a horizontal crossbar, and a kit comprising a plurality of net fasteners, are also provided.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 11  wherein at least an additional net fastener of the plurality of net fasteners further includes a utility hook protruding from a surface of each net fastener at an angle of less than 90\u00b0 towards an apex of the hook of the fastener, the method further comprising the steps of:\n engaging the utility hook of the additional net fastener of the plurality of net fasteners with the peripheral horizontal cord of the net at a position proximate to a first corner of a net frame, \n mounting the peripheral horizontal cord of the net to the first corner of a net frame, the first corner formed between the horizontal crossbar and a first vertical support, \n disengaging the utility hook of the additional net fastener from the peripheral horizontal cord of the net, \n engaging the utility hook of the additional net fastener of the plurality of net fasteners with the peripheral horizontal cord of the net at a position proximate to a second corner of the net frame, \n mounting the peripheral horizontal cord of the net to the second corner of the net frame, the second corner formed between the horizontal crossbar and a second vertical support, \n disengaging the utility hook from the peripheral horizontal cord of the net.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.90741
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13083113', '15957146', '11261111', '12926630', '13110156']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6219445744700903
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4882055934078234
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6085706763638636
- Mean Citation Score: 195.566812
- Max Citation Score: 209.25447
- Similarity Product: 144.05916499988794

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

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