PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968407
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "298000"]

Abstract:
A post sleeve includes a reinforced concrete body preformed around a liner that defines a cavity extending longitudinally within the body, sized to receive a post. Standoff ribs run lengthwise within the cavity and extend inward from inner walls of the cavity. A post in the cavity is supported laterally by the standoff ribs. Drain channels between the ribs permit water to flow past the post and exit the cavity via a lower aperture. A drain tube is coupled to the lower aperture, and extends downward where it is covered with gravel at the bottom of a post hole. Concrete is poured around the post sleeve in the hole. The cavity is adaptable to receive posts of varying sizes, and at various depths. A collar closes a space between the post and the top of the cavity, permitting air circulation within the cavity while shedding water and substantially preventing insects from entering the cavity.

Claim (Index 2):
A post sleeve assembly, comprising:\n a body having a central longitudinal axis, a first end portion at a first end of the body along the longitudinal axis, a second end portion at a second end of the body opposite the first end along the longitudinal axis, a first aperture at the first end portion, and a second aperture at the second end portion; a cavity extending through the body along the longitudinal axis from the first aperture to the second aperture such that the cavity is exposed to an external environment of the body through the first aperture and through the second aperture, the cavity bounded by an interior wall of the body, the interior wall including a plurality of standoff elements, each standoff element having a respective innermost surface; and a plurality of stops, each of the stops adjacent to a respective one of the standoff elements, each of the stops extending from the interior wall toward the longitudinal axis without extending toward the longitudinal axis beyond the innermost surface of the respective adjacent standoff element, each of the stops having a bearing surface that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93023
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12163506', '15178375', '13850131', '13195714', '13850125']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.822624006850058
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5416481404650446
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7945264202115566
- Mean Citation Score: 346.229038
- Max Citation Score: 391.62454
- Similarity Product: 294.8491459013593

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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