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 1):
A net apparatus, comprising:\n a support portion having a first end and a second end; first and second extensions; a first bracket pivotally coupling the first extension to the first end of the support portion; a second bracket pivotally coupling the second extension to the second end of the support portion; first and second flexible rods coupled to the support portion, wherein the first flexible rod is at a first fixed angle, wherein the second flexible rod is at a second fixed angle; the first flexible rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is removably coupled to the support portion; the second flexible rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end is removably coupled to the support portion; and a net, received by at least the first and second extensions and received by at least the upper ends of the first and second flexible rods, the net being configured to bend the first flexible rod and the second flexible rod from a linear state to an arcuate state, such that a net tension pulls the first flexible rod into the arcuate state and the net tension simultaneously pulls the second flexible rod into the arcuate state.

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): 0.6173937583904324
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5612649780464092
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6117808803560302
- Mean Citation Score: 398.560216
- Max Citation Score: 437.1211
- Similarity Product: 388.864640940708

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