PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025775
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["414", "137400"]

Abstract:
This disclosure refers to a device for assisting in the loading of bulk carriers even in rainy weather. Such device comprises: a smooth hose configured to be inserted into the opening of the hatch of the storage hold cover of the ship; a folding hose placed above the smooth hose and configured to absorb the movements of the bulk carrier relative to the device; an upper flange for fastening the device to the free end of the nozzle of the ship loader; and a lower flange configured to connect the device to the hatch opening of the storage hold cover of the ship. The disclosure also includes a method of loading bulk carriers using the device.

Claim (Index 1):
A device for loading of bulk carriers through ship loaders which comprise a nozzle, wherein the device is attached to a free end of the nozzle and comprises:\n a smooth hose of a slightly conical tubular structure configured to allow the passage of material therein; a flexibly shaped folding hose arranged linearly above the smooth hose; an upper flange secured to an upper end of the folding hose; and a lower flange attached to a lower end of the folding hose, located at the end opposite the upper flange.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15789
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13532048', '10792433', '12767560', '11301838', '14532332']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8524964738507028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4724918038537594
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8144960068510085
- Mean Citation Score: 162.16022600000005
- Max Citation Score: 179.72371
- Similarity Product: 129.82276870401563

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

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