PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971941
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "517000"]

Abstract:
A snowball launching and batting apparatus comprising a barrel member, a handle member, and a knob feature, the handle member further comprising a primary cradle structure configured to accept, form, and store snow or snowballs. The apparatus further comprises a secondary cradle structure capable of coupling the primary cradle structure and configured to accept, form, and store snow or snowballs. The knob feature may further comprise a depression configured to form snowballs. The apparatus is further configured to have an extended and retracted state. A user inserts snow into the barrel and cradle structure to form a snowball and inserts it into the apparatus while in an extended state. Launching the snowballs from the apparatus may comprise swinging the apparatus or applying a force to the handle member to quickly move it from an extended state to a retracted state.

Claim (Index 13):
The snowball launching and batting apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the handle member further comprises surface features configured to facilitate user grip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73214
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12698818', '10633880', '11474319', '12712605', '13090574']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6492436161796278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4958266512349537
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6339019196851604
- Mean Citation Score: 194.763138
- Max Citation Score: 237.96063
- Similarity Product: 168.81115690414308

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