PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15945745
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["473", "472000"]

Abstract:
A vertical jump drive basketball gauntlet for use on a ground surface in the vicinity of a basketball hoop, simulating a defensive basketball opponent to help offensive basketball players improve and maintain proficiency dribbling, driving, jumping, and shooting a basketball at a basketball hoop. Consisting of a weighted T-shaped base, a vertical central support structure, and coupled elongate arms simulating outstretched arms of defensive basketball players. The elongate arms are coupled in a manner allowing pivoting and orbiting movement. The elongate arms and upper portion of the vertical central support structure are padded to protect practicing basketball player from contact with basketball gauntlet.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for training an offensive basketball player to shoot basketballs under simulated bodily contact with the aid of a basketball gauntlet which simulates defensive basketball opponents near the basketball hoop and includes a weighted T-shaped base adapted to rest on ground surface, a vertical central support structure mounted to weighted T-shaped base and extending upwardly therefrom, first and second coupled quartet padded elongate arms having proximal and distal extremities and mounting means including yieldable resilient members coupled to proximal extremities for permitting yieldable pivotal movement of distal extremities and permitting orbital movement of elongate arms, comprising the steps of placing the basketball gauntlet in the vicinity of a basketball hoop causing the practicing basketball player to physically engage the padded upper mast and padded elongated arms to maneuver the basketball indifferent positions to get it into the basketball hoop from different angles and positions

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82258
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14708222', '12069629', '15367440', '10384131', '13217394']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5667559058571632
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4691641280750211
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5569967280789491
- Mean Citation Score: 164.672062
- Max Citation Score: 174.14496
- Similarity Product: 139.60122907190322

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