PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872213
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["030", "161000"]

Abstract:
A multi-function stop mechanism for a folding knife is provided. More specifically, the stop mechanism extends outwardly from the blade and engages a first surface of the handle when the blade is in the open position to prevent over-rotation of the blade and/or engages a second surface of the handle when the blade is in the closed position. Additionally, the outwardly extending stop mechanism may assist a user in opening the blade from the closed position to the open position.

Claim (Index 4):
The folding knife of  claim 1 , wherein the stop mechanism is positioned in an aperture in the blade, and wherein the aperture in the blade has a circular shape and wherein the stop mechanism has a cylindrical shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07317
- Patent Class: 30.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14542076', '14149408', '11339905', '12789376', '10241812']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8611411862198685
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5000419624783459
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8250312638457162
- Mean Citation Score: 281.23101
- Max Citation Score: 287.03867
- Similarity Product: 203.4177530999244

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