PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897132
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["015", "142000"]

Abstract:
A set of molded silicone rubber devices is used for cleaning a variety of paint brushes in a variety of containers. A circular basic paint “puck” is molded silicone rubber with paint-cleaning teeth and a diameter matching the bottom of a standard coffee cup or else a standard disposable paint mixing cup of 8oz, 16oz, 32oz or 64oz. A bucket puck has a diameter fitting a 1-gallon or 5-gallon paint bucket and is suitable for large, heavy brushes. An expansible paint puck doubles in size when submerged in turpenoid paint solvent and has a silicone rubber purity and hardness ensuring uniform expansion and contraction. A paint puck set includes solvent container, stable footing and ultimate rinse cup topper with brush holders, flexible cup grip, brush scraping surfaces and drip tray.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for cleaning paint brushes, comprising:\n a circular staging disk made of a flexible paint puck material having a durometer, said staging disk having an outer edge, a rest shape, a rest diameter, a thickness, a bottom surface and a top surface, said top surface having a center; and, at least two sections of paint-cleaning teeth, comprising:\n a first teeth-section, comprising a first number of paint-cleaning teeth made of a flexible paint puck material having a durometer, each paint-cleaning tooth of said first number having a rest shape and a height, said first number of paint-cleaning teeth having a first minimum tooth-height and a first maximum tooth-height, said first number being at least one; \n a second teeth-section, comprising a second number of paint-cleaning teeth made of a flexible paint puck material having a durometer, each paint-cleaning tooth of said second number having a having a rest shape and a height, said second number of paint-cleaning teeth having a second minimum tooth-height and a second maximum tooth-height, said second number being an even number greater than one, \n said first minimum tooth-height being greater than said second maximum tooth-height \n said first teeth-section being disposed at the center of the top surface of the staging disk; and, \n said second teeth-section surrounding said first row of paint-cleaning teeth in a circular fashion on the top surface of the staging disk.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7875
- Patent Class: 15.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15499827', '15173646', '13295569', '10358542', '12866292']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7929737071991492
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5577724862088204
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7694535851001163
- Mean Citation Score: 238.353626
- Max Citation Score: 463.83002
- Similarity Product: 457.4910268305874

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

Dataset: test