PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15988590
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["015", "022100"]

Abstract:
A vibrating toothbrush is provided with vibration-isolating zones that substantially isolate vibrations in the head and reduce vibrations transmitted to the handle without sacrificing structural integrity around the vibration-isolation zones. Such zones may generally comprise neck material that is reduced in cross-section, thinned, replaced by dampening material, or removed altogether to create transmission-inhibiting voids. The vibration-isolating zones may be further supported by the housing of the vibratory element to maintain the structural integrity around the zones and to thereby alleviate weakness conditions that might subject the toothbrush to fatigue and breakage.

Claim (Index 1):
An oral care implement comprising:\n a body formed of rigid material and extending from a proximal end to a distal end along an axis; a mechanical vibratory device located in the body and circumferentially surrounded by the rigid material, the mechanical vibratory device including a motor and an eccentric weight and configured to generate vibrations; the body having a first axial portion located between the motor and the proximal end, a second axial portion located between the motor and the distal end, and a third axial portion axially aligned with the motor, wherein the eccentric weight is located in the second axial portion of the body; and the body comprising a vibration-reducing section to substantially isolate the vibrations in the second axial portion of the body and reduce transmission of the vibrations in the first axial portion of the body, at least a portion of the vibration-reducing section being located on the third axial portion of the body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53968
- Patent Class: 15.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11460158', '13004565', '15481229', '13706282', '14289801']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8179657753956968
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4840136046452786
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.784570558320655
- Mean Citation Score: 245.928696
- Max Citation Score: 271.37833
- Similarity Product: 191.58756096713304

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