PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16003171
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["042", "072000"]

Abstract:
Handguard anchoring systems suitable for attaching a handguard to a firearm are disclosed, including systems having a fastener that extends into a barrel nut and compresses at least a portion of the handguard between the fastener and the barrel nut. Many embodiments include openings in the handguard and/or a plate that are oversized for the fastener such that the handguard may be rotated relative to the barrel nut when a portion of the fastener is positioned within the opening.

Claim (Index 22):
A system for a firearm, comprising:\n a barrel nut having a circumference with a plurality of openings positioned therearound; and a handguard having a sidewall defining an internal cavity arranged to receive the barrel nut, the sidewall defining a side opening that exposes a first opening of the plurality of openings when the barrel nut and the handguard are mounted on the firearm; wherein when mounted on the firearm, the sidewall of the handguard is captured between a head of a fastener and the barrel nut and the fastener has a portion positioned in the side opening and a portion positioned the first opening of the barrel nut; and wherein the side opening of the handguard is non-circular.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70833
- Patent Class: 42.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15895289', '12214930', '15954918', '14925020', '11593439']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7747308918134956
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4859591016086736
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7458537127930135
- Mean Citation Score: 254.79576
- Max Citation Score: 265.71027000000004
- Similarity Product: 231.5565108551092

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

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