PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947316
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["441", "090000"]

Abstract:
A self-inflating swimming aid comprises a flotation member having a core of open cell foam closely encompassed in a waterproof casing of impermeable plastic. An inflation valve allows fluid communication with the foam core through the cover. The device is inflated by opening the valve so that the foam core may assume its expanded shape, and is deflated by compressing the foam core to force the air out of the flotation member through the valve. Once the flotation member is deflated to a desirable size and shape, the valve may be closed and the device may be folded or rolled up for storage.

Claim (Index 3):
An inflatable flotation vest comprising:\n a body portion formed in the shape of a vest; a core element of open cell foam having a compressed and an expanded state; an impermeable, flexible casing enclosing said core element; and a valve in communication with said core element to allow selective expansion and contraction of the core element by allowing air into said casing to expand the core element, and to allow air to be expelled from the casing in order to contract the core element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70312
- Patent Class: 441.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13553276', '15356145', '14097604', '14655303', '12592300']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6100072048759474
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4352394788143467
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5925304322697873
- Mean Citation Score: 48.870044
- Max Citation Score: 54.92711600000001
- Similarity Product: 40.87346241666389

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

Dataset: test