PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878695
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["016", "225000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides an encapsulated flexible hinge that is particularly suited for use as an original part or as a replacement hinge on a cooler. The encapsulated flexible hinge is comprised of a flexible woven central reinforcement member having a rubber or polymer coating that has been forced through the reinforcement member to create an outer and an inner rubber coating that encapsulates the reinforcement member. In another embodiment, the inner and outer coating is comprised of the same or two different materials that are vulcanized together after being extruded on either side of the reinforcement member. The encapsulated flexible hinge may take on various shapes, and can be cut into a specific shape if need be.

Claim (Index 14):
The encapsulated flexible hinge of  claim 1  wherein said encapsulated flexible hinge is provided as a kit, said kit including at least one said encapsulated flexible hinge and a plurality of fasteners.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72222
- Patent Class: 16.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15166649', '11420858', '09844058', '13120979', '10661044']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6752499704026753
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4705429195227272
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6547792653146806
- Mean Citation Score: 126.23628
- Max Citation Score: 132.82532
- Similarity Product: 93.6491241117668

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