PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15864655
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["280", "163000"]

Abstract:
Step apparatuses that removably couple to a door latch element (e.g., a U-shaped striker element) of a vehicle are described. A step apparatus may include a hook element that enables the step apparatus to hang from a door latch element in a vehicle door well. A step apparatus may also be able to extend through a door latch element such that the step apparatus may couple to the door latch element in an upright position. A step apparatus may include one or more than one step structure.

Claim (Index 17):
The step apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the step structure includes a second step surface parallel to the first step surface, the first step surface being load bearing when the step apparatus is releasably coupled to the latch element in an upright position, the second step surface being load bearing when the step apparatus is releasably coupled to the latch element in a hanging position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12548054', '14822363', '13362612', '14634891', '14043669']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8286935539644397
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4746261046910576
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7932868090371015
- Mean Citation Score: 124.6361682
- Max Citation Score: 131.48491
- Similarity Product: 90.02771164492907

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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