PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896781
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["280", "163000"]

Abstract:
A cover is provided to protect steps leading to a cab of a vehicle from accumulation of mud, snow, ice and other debris when the vehicle is driven. The cover is pivotally mounted for movement between an open position allowing a vehicle operator to climb the steps and a closed position covering the steps from top to bottom to maintain cleanliness of the steps as the vehicle is driven. The cover can be opened and closed from the top of the steps, either manually or with an actuator. The cover is normally closed when the vehicle is moving and open when the vehicle is stationary.

Claim (Index 7):
The step protector of  claim 1  wherein the handle is opened and closed independently of the cab door.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03636
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15463517', '12471099', '15263435', '10939176', '11195861']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8243903614282001
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.529863386031391
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7949376638885192
- Mean Citation Score: 204.92068
- Max Citation Score: 357.26224
- Similarity Product: 279.9899272626972

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