PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16238461
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["119", "815000"]

Abstract:
Ergonomic protective cone collars for pets, their use, and positioning are disclosed. Such cone-collars may be made of two main sections, a cone-like-structure and an integral-collar that may be attached to a base of the cone-like-structure. The integral-collar may be collar like, intended to be worn and fastened around a neck of the animal. The cone-like-structure may be made from a plurality of radially-oriented-tapered-pockets, that due to their fill and/or material of construction may be semi-rigid, imparting a degree of inherent stiffness, flexibility, and/or elasticity. The plurality of radially-oriented-tapered-pockets may be of different lengths such that the cone-like-structure has an overall scalloped shape which may provide for several benefits, such as proper coverage proximate to the animal's mouth region and less visually obscuring material at the sides of the animal's head. A cone-collar may be positioned properly on the animal via removable attachment to a harness worn by the animal.

Claim (Index 21):
An ergonomic protective cone-collar to be removably worn around a neck of an animal, wherein the cone-collar comprises:\n a cone-like-structure that is substantially cone shaped, without a tip of a cone, when the cone-like-structure is in a closed configuration; wherein the cone-like-structure is formed from a plurality of connected panels; wherein each panel selected from the plurality of connected panels extends from an inner-lesser-edge to an outer-greater-edge; wherein the inner-lesser-edge is shorter in length than the outer-greater-edge; wherein each panel selected from the plurality of connected panels is wider towards the outer-greater-edge and narrower towards the inner-lesser-edge; wherein when the cone-like-structure is in the closed configuration, an entirety of the cone shape of the cone-like-structure as viewed from a side of the cone-like-structure has lengths of the cone-like-structure that substantially progresses from shorter to longer; an integral-collar that is an elongate, a flexible, and a planar member; wherein the integral-collar functions at least as a pet collar being removably worn around the neck of the animal when the cone-collar is being removably worn by the animal; wherein the cone-like-structure is attached to the integral-collar; and wherein during use when the cone-collar is removably attached to the neck of the animal, the cone-like-structure is a physical barrier inhibiting an ability of the animal to bite, lick, or scratch a region of the animal's body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85556
- Patent Class: 119.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11847156', '12146558', '13526516', '15397475', '15260808']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7654280670455802
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5074178040377868
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7396270407448008
- Mean Citation Score: 225.27992200000003
- Max Citation Score: 237.26558
- Similarity Product: 157.86619987436532

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

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