PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15892823
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "779000"]

Abstract:
A snap-in dual-pronged retaining device for a conveyor component includes two parallel prongs extending from an integral base. The prongs may form axles for rollers, hinge rods for coupling two conveyor belt modules together, or retaining shafts for retaining a component relative to the conveyor belt. A fastener secures the retaining device and conveyor component in place.

Claim (Index 16):
A conveyor belt, comprising:\n a first module comprising a body extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end, laterally from a first side edge to a second side edge and in thickness from a top surface to a bottom surface, a plurality of first hinge elements spaced across the first end and a plurality of second hinge elements spaced across the second end; a second module comprising a body extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end, laterally from a first side edge to a second side edge and in thickness from a top surface to a bottom surface, a plurality of third hinge elements spaced across the first end and aligned with the first hinge elements to form a first hinge passageway and a plurality of fourth hinge elements spaced across the second end; a third module comprising a body extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end, laterally from a first side edge to a second side edge and in thickness from a top surface to a bottom surface, a plurality of fifth hinge elements spaced across the first end and aligned with the fourth hinge elements to form a second hinge passageway and a plurality of sixth hinge elements spaced across the second end; and a two-pronged retaining device for coupling the first module, second module and third module together, the two-pronged retaining device comprising a base seated adjacent the first side edge of the second module, a first prong integrally formed with the base and extending through the first hinge passageway and a second prong integrally formed with the base and extending through the second hinge passageway.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5122
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14645986', '13113538', '10707849', '11870458', '13327429']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7457978320880989
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4680283064678027
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7180208795260693
- Mean Citation Score: 251.651098
- Max Citation Score: 258.27667
- Similarity Product: 216.6068051390672

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

Dataset: test