PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16033189
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["172", "378000"]

Abstract:
The invention is a device for removing weeds and the like from the ground. The device is a simply attachment for a drill. It has a body with a shaft protruding from the center and at least two prongs protruding from the opposite side of the body at distances equidistant from the center. The free end of the shaft is placed into the chuck of an electric drill and the prongs are forced into the ground so that they are placed around a weed. The user operates the drill, thus spinning the prongs around the weed. The prongs entangle the weed's roots and bore a small hole in the ground, allowing the user to easily remove the weed. The prongs are then placed into the ground close to the hole, and the drill is slowly operated, thus refilling the hole. The invention has a plurality of edges and corners that allow the operator to shear weeds and the like that become entangled on the device, thus easily removing them.

Claim (Index 1):
A weed removing and soil preparation device comprising:\n (a) a hard cuboid body with an identical upper and lower surface and a plurality hard edges and corners, each surface having a length and width and separated by a depth, said length being substantially 1 and \u00bd to 2 inches, said width being substantially \u00bd inch, and said depth being substantially \u00bd inch; and (b) a straight hard rotatable shaft, substantially \u00be inch to 25 and \u00bd inches long and substantially \u00bc inches wide, having an upper and lower end, the lower end being centrally attached to said body's upper surface and the upper end being attachable to a chuck of an electric drill, with said lower end of the shaft and the body creating hard edges where they meet; and (c) two or more straight hard prongs, substantially 2 inches long, having upper and lower ends, the upper ends being attached to said body's lower surface peripherally from said body's center along its length and centered along its width, and the lower ends extending in the opposite direction from said body than said shaft, with each prong being equidistant from the center of said body and parallel to each other and to said shaft and each prong creating hard edges where it meets the body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34615
- Patent Class: 172.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12459200', '10717724', '10872631', '15432579', '10940462']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7055255155738344
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4678985491914873
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6817628189355998
- Mean Citation Score: 157.619578
- Max Citation Score: 161.32668
- Similarity Product: 115.41003628699065

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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