PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16145253
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "012000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed device is a filtration system for rain gutters comprised of a frame that accepts a filter. The frame is adapted for installation on any style of gutter. The frame accepts a multitude of filters, allowing the guard to be tailored to the local environment. The disclosed device supports the use of different filters in different sections of the installed system, allowing for a system tailored to the particular home.

Claim (Index 14):
A debris exclusion device for attachment to one or more gutters of a home, the device comprising:\n a single-piece metal frame formed with a central section for drainage and edge sections for filter retention;\n the central section including:\n a primary collection channel; \n a secondary collection channel; and \n a stiffening rib joining the primary collection channel and the secondary collection channel; \n \n the edge sections including:\n an upper filter capture channel; \n a lower filter capture channel; \n an upper transition segment; and \n an upper attachment segment;\n the upper transition segment forming an angle greater than ninety degrees with respect to the upper attachment segment; \n \n \n a filter;\n the filter formed from a material with a multiplicity of penetrations; \n the filter interfacing with the upper filter capture channel and the lower filter capture channel of the frame; \n whereby the device removes debris from rainwater prior to allowing the rainwater into the one or more gutters.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15465102', '15340092', '14879274', '13308481', '11973675']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8038647151292788
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.555518828353803
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7790301264517312
- Mean Citation Score: 248.05742200000003
- Max Citation Score: 433.37988
- Similarity Product: 377.4504945012332

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

Dataset: test