PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15978133
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "494000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed preferred embodiment of the handrail cleaning device comprises a flexible bar which uses spring resilience force to press one or more reusable or disposable cleaning pads against the moving handrail of an escalator. The apparatus provides a lightweight, low cost apparatus that is simple to set-up and use and requires no external power. Additionally, the device is capable of cleaning and treating the handrails of common escalators during operation of the escalator. The device utilizes the motion of the escalator to perform the cleaning action. The simplicity of the device allows for multiple devices to be used simultaneously by a single operator.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 11  wherein the cleaning pads are disposable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58571
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15977978', '14745412', '15294721', '15859868', '11826391']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6927918791476984
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4687181408398674
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6703845053169153
- Mean Citation Score: 165.236338
- Max Citation Score: 186.91904
- Similarity Product: 134.78359347061158

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