PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990028
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["024", "27400P"]

Abstract:
A hose clamp is disclosed. The hose clamp includes an indicator that indicates a predetermined band tension.

Claim (Index 1):
A hose clamp, comprising:\n an annular band including a radial inner surface facing toward a central axis, the radially inner surface defining a diameter, and a radial outer surface positioned opposite the radial inner surface, a tensioning mechanism secured to the annular band, the tensioning mechanism including a housing, a threaded shaft engaged with the radial outer surface and operable to tighten the annular band to reduce the inner diameter, a shield mounted on the shaft, and a biasing element positioned between the shield and the housing, and a visual indicator positioned on the biasing element, wherein the tensioning mechanism is operable to generate tension on the annular band when the hose clamp is secured to a substrate, and when a predetermined amount of tension is applied to the annular band the biasing element compresses such that the visual indicator is covered by the shield.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.1875
- Patent Class: 24.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15392202', '15392194', '14181892', '15270140', '11649406']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7271491083392865
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4261240233946983
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6970465998448276
- Mean Citation Score: 154.06106
- Max Citation Score: 159.2501
- Similarity Product: 125.04981342952848

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