PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16000361
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["030", "175000"]

Abstract:
A candle wick trimming assembly includes a pair of scissors that are extendable downwardly into a candle jar for trimming a wick of the candle. A first box is coupled to the distal end of a respective one of the scissors and the first box abuts a top of the candle. A first blade is coupled to the first box and the first blade is spaced approximately 3.0 mm from the top of the candle when the first box is positioned on the top of the candle. A second box is coupled to the distal end of a respective one of the scissors and the second box is urged toward the first box when the scissors are closed. A second blade is coupled to the second box and the second blade engages the first blade when the scissors are closed to cut the wick.

Claim (Index 1):
A candle wick trimming assembly being configured to trim a wick on a candle and collect the trimmings, the assembly comprising:\n a pair of scissors each having a handle end for gripping and a distal end with respect to the handle end, the scissors being extendable downwardly into a candle jar for trimming a wick of the candle; a first box being coupled to the distal end of a respective one of the scissors, the first box abutting a top of the candle when the scissors are extended into the candle jar, the first box having an opening extending into an interior of the first box; a first blade being coupled to the first box, the first blade being spaced approximately 3.0 mm from the top of the candle when the first box is positioned on the top of the candle wherein the first blade is configured to trim the wick to the optimum length for minimizing soot when the wick is burned, the first blade cutting the wick in the candle when the scissors are closed on the wick; a second box being coupled to the distal end of a respective one of the scissors, the second box being urged toward the first box when the scissors are closed; and a second blade being coupled to the second box, the second blade engaging the first blade when the scissors are closed for cutting the wick.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.23913
- Patent Class: 30.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13490916', '10771825', '10532704', '13776825', '11972167']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.81559521137325
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4730711276317094
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7813428029990959
- Mean Citation Score: 148.40997
- Max Citation Score: 160.6587
- Similarity Product: 108.87661714119317

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

Dataset: test