PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["229", "229000"]

Abstract:
A container having a hinged opening flap having free end portion. The free end portion comes into facing relationship with a free end portion seat. One or more locking tabs connected to the opening flap or the free end portion seat edge are provided. The locking tabs can lock the opening flap into a closed position. The container can be erected from a blank.

Claim (Index 1):
A container comprising:\n a top panel having a top panel exterior facing surface; a hinge; an opening flap connected to said hinge; two locking tabs connected to one of said opening flap and a free end portion seat having a free end portion seat edge, wherein said free end portion seat is recessed relative to said top panel exterior facing surface; and a container body engaged with said top panel, wherein said top panel, said opening flap, and said container body together define an interior space; wherein said opening flap comprises: a hinged portion having two hinged portion ends; a free end portion in facing relationship with said free end portion seat; and two opening flap edges separable from said top panel, each opening flap edge extending from one of said hinged portion ends to said free end portion; wherein said free end portion overlies said free end portion seat edge between two intersection points separated by a separation distance; wherein for each opening flap edge, said opening flap edge is in a nonoverlapping relationship with said top panel from said intersection point to along said opening flap edge to a distance of more than about 20% of said separation distance; wherein said locking tab is closer to said hinge than said free end portion is to said hinge: wherein said free end portion is between said locking tabs; and wherein said locking tabs are connected with and extend away from one of said opening flap edge and said free end portion seat edge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86486
- Patent Class: 229.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10851676', '11060318', '10280405', '10712929', '14887956']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7429905643448178
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4643695015260126
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7151284580629373
- Mean Citation Score: 244.102178
- Max Citation Score: 263.11853
- Similarity Product: 205.961113437754

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

Dataset: test