PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045699
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["294", "082100"]

Abstract:
A guard defines an inner seat comprising an open channel shaped to receive a shackle and extend partially around the shackle. The guard further includes an outer seat positioned opposite the open channel and shaped to support a strap passing through the shackle. A tether is fastened to the guard and defines a fastener for securing to a closure pin passing through the shackle. In some embodiments, the fastener comprises a hole formed in the tether and a barb formed on the tether offset from the hole. In other embodiments, a barb on the tether inserts through a hole in the closure pin or a cup on the tether is positioned over an end of the closure pin. A hooked or straight tether may also be used to implement the fastener.

Claim (Index 17):
The method of  claim 13 , wherein the fastener comprises an extension of the tether, the method further comprising passing the tether through an opening in the closure pin such that the extension extends beyond the closure pin by at least 0.5 inches.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17188
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15798306', '15565311', '13573119', '12775926', '14593175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7111524589584469
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5283914558888334
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6928763586514856
- Mean Citation Score: 200.869976
- Max Citation Score: 374.17044
- Similarity Product: 248.80000012474537

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