PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15884991
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["248", "068100"]

Abstract:
A swivelable and pivotable clip fastener for attaching two or more articles together is disclosed. The articles being attached may include electrical or fluid conduits or a substrate. The swivelable and pivotable clip fastener comprises a ball and socket construction for attaching a first article to a second article. The swivelable and pivotable clip fastener is easy to use. The clip fastener may be produced by additive manufacturing or a one-shot injection molding process. The ball and socket arrangement allows 360 degrees of rotation and pivoting of one article relative to the other. One or more slots are formed in the ball. The socket includes anti-release arms that are offset from one another. Optionally, the ball may be formed from a first material and the socket may be formed from a second material. A flash gate may attach the ball to the socket when the ball and socket are formed.

Claim (Index 1):
A fastening system comprising:\n a ball portion having slots formed therein, said ball portion including a first article fastener; and a socket portion having a cavity wall, said ball portion being nested in said socket portion, said socket portion including opposing arms extending from said cavity wall, said socket portion further including a second article fastener, whereby said arms retain said ball portion substantially within said socket portion, wherein each of said slots includes a rib for preventing said arms from engaging said slots.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14667
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15696441', '14842347', '12833751', '12355145', '13102453']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8558953381713083
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4530493378932845
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8156107381435058
- Mean Citation Score: 181.55222
- Max Citation Score: 187.6286
- Similarity Product: 158.4135244469762

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