PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15747572
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["439", "521000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a grounding device. In particular, the present invention relates to ground device, or an earth receptacle, that may be installed or fixed into a structure (e.g. placed in the ground) to provide an avenue of safe discharge for electrical current when the device is connected to a piece of equipment of vehicle. In an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a grounding device comprising: (a) a first casing having an open top; (b) a pin extending from the base of and within the first casing, the pin made from an electrically conductive material and has a longitudinal length with opposite first and second ends, the second end of the pin in contact with or integral with base of the casing; (c) a plate member having an opening to allow the plate to move along the longitudinal length of the pin between a first position and a second position, the plate member and the frame form a cavity within the first casing; and (d) a biasing member disposed within the cavity and attached to the plate member for biasing the plate member in the first position, wherein the first position conceals the longitudinal length of the pin within the cavity and the second position is any position that exposes a portion of the longitudinal length of the pin.

Claim (Index 6):
The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the pin further comprising a notch positioned at the first end for receiving a pair of jaws of a clamp.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57732
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14667237', '15211575', '15817828', '15496319', '14667158']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7311172320686137
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4899768152192656
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7070031903836789
- Mean Citation Score: 146.825114
- Max Citation Score: 158.42444
- Similarity Product: 90.56673501781464

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

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