PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16037395
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["401", "268000"]

Abstract:
A paint brush and method include a ferrule extending around and in contact with a plurality of bristles and a spacer apparatus positioned to space apart the plurality of bristles to provide at least one reservoir within the plurality of bristles. The spacer apparatus defines at least one opening extending through the spacer apparatus that allows fluid passage therethrough to the at least one reservoir to assist in removal of paint from the plurality of bristles when fluid is provided therein.

Claim (Index 14):
The paint brush of  claim 13 , wherein the handle portion comprises:\n an elongated handle member extending between a proximal end and a distal end; and further comprises one of: first and second spaced apart arm members coupling the distal end of the elongated handle member to first and second spaced apart portions of the attachment member, wherein the void region is located between the first and second spaced apart members; a solid material handle body member extending from and coupling the distal end of the elongated handle member to and along a width of the attachment member, wherein the void region is located on at least one side of the solid material handle body member; or a single curved arm member coupling the distal end of the elongated handle member to a portion of the attachment member, wherein the void region is located between the proximal inlet opening and a portion of the single curved arm member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80435
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14232752', '16029533', '15606234', '11640735', '13029596']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7129309690839567
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5368784992075261
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6953257220963136
- Mean Citation Score: 302.681754
- Max Citation Score: 418.74747
- Similarity Product: 413.650582450018

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