PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882965
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["273", "407000"]

Abstract:
A ball net structure arranged to be portable, collapsible, and provide the required structural support to receive or capture a projectile, such as but not limited to a soccer ball or baseball. The ball net structure comprises a support portion, first and second extensions, a first bracket pivotally coupling the first extension to the support portion, a second bracket pivotally coupling the second extension to the support portion, first and second flexible rods removably coupled to the support portion, and a net received by at least the first and second extensions and received by at least the first and second flexible rods. The net is configured to bend the first and second flexible rods from a linear state to an arcuate state, such that a net tension holds the net upright.

Claim (Index 13):
A net apparatus, comprising:\n a support portion comprising at least a first support portion and at least a second support portion; first and second extensions; a first bracket coupled to the first support portion, wherein the first extension is received by the first bracket, such that the first extension rotates about a first pivot of the first bracket; a second bracket coupled to the second support portion, wherein the second extension is received by the second bracket, such that the second extension rotates about a second pivot of the second bracket; the support portion further comprising a third bracket adapted to receive the first support portion and the second support portion, such that the first support portion rotates about a third pivot of the third bracket and the second support portion rotates about a fourth pivot of the third bracket; first and second flexible rods each having an upper end and a lower end, wherein each of the lower ends of the first and second flexible rods are removably coupled to the support portion, wherein each of the lower ends of the first and second flexible rods are remote from the first and second brackets; and a net adapted to receive at least the first and second flexible rods and at least the first and second extensions, wherein the net bends the first and second flexible rods from a straight relaxed state into a bow-shaped flexed state such that the first and second flexible rods are biased away from each other to hold the net upright.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42373
- Patent Class: 273.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15619280', '15396242', '15645926', '15588434', '15230210']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6149469427068537
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5661722632969336
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6100694747658617
- Mean Citation Score: 398.560216
- Max Citation Score: 437.1211
- Similarity Product: 431.9059635471285

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

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