PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16253020
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["089", "001400"]

Abstract:
An example charging handle comprises a body having a handle portion, a bolt engaging portion and a shaft portion extending forwardly from the handle portion to the bolt engaging portion. The handle portion of the body may have a starboard arm extending away from the shaft portion in a starboard direction and a port arm extending away from the shaft portion in a portward direction. The charging handle may comprise a grip member disposed about the handle portion of the body so that the grip member encapsulates the handle portion and the handle portion is disposed inside the grip member. The grip member may comprise a thermoplastic material overmolded on the handle portion of the body.

Claim (Index 20):
A charging handle for use with a gas operated rifle, the rifle comprising an upper receiver and a bolt slidingly disposed therein, the upper receiver comprising an upper receiver wall having inner surfaces defining a channel and outer surfaces defining a depression, the charging handle comprising:\n a body having a handle portion, a bolt engaging portion, and a shaft portion, the shaft portion extending forwardly from the handle portion to the bolt engaging portion, the shaft portion being dimensioned to extend into the channel defined by the inner surfaces of the upper receiver, the bolt engaging portion comprising a projection configured and dimensioned to engage the bolt of the rifle for pulling the bolt in the rearward direction as the charging handle is pulled rearward from a fully inserted position to a more rearward position; the handle portion having a starboard arm extending away from the shaft portion in a starboard direction and a port arm extending away from the shaft portion in a portward direction; a latch member comprising a leaf spring, a rearward portion of the latch member being fixed to the body of the charging handle, a first ramp portion of the latch member being disposed forward of the rearward portion, a foot portion of the latch member being disposed forward of the first ramp portion, and a second ramp portion of the latch member being disposed forward of the foot portion; the latch member comprising a first bend disposed between the rearward portion and the first ramp portion, the first bend being configured such that the first ramp portion extends away from the rearward portion in a starboard, forward direction; the latch member comprising a second bend disposed between the first ramp portion and the foot portion, the second bend being configured such that the foot portion extends away from the first ramp portion in a forward direction; and the latch member comprising a third bend disposed between the foot portion and the second ramp portion, the third bend being configured such that the second ramp portion extends away from the foot portion in a portward, forward direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68889
- Patent Class: 89.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15702168', '15708960', '13362500', '15709043', '13730950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7981870986399229
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6760817450564838
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7859765632815789
- Mean Citation Score: 355.253908
- Max Citation Score: 620.13257
- Similarity Product: 598.7843458888483

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

Dataset: test