PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16280333
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "036000"]

Abstract:
This application provides examples of apparatus and methods for gating off openings of drain pipes and other structures with openings using a gate that is mounted on a hinge so as to avoid catching debris exiting the pipe or other structure. Variations of the types of gate design, mounting, and shape of the pipe or other structure that is gated are provided to demonstrate some of the various embodiments of the present subject matter.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of gating off a pipe, comprising:\n attaching one or more hinge assembly pieces to an exterior of the pipe; and attaching a gate to the one or more hinge assembly pieces, wherein the gate is attached to allow the gate to be in a normally closed state to prevent animals from entering the pipe, and to be in an open state to allow material to exit the pipe, and wherein the hinge assembly pieces are attached to not impede the passage of material from an exit of the pipe.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4717
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14809477', '11715815', '14313275', '13468555', '15179955']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7133167701992867
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4545909850646775
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6874441916858258
- Mean Citation Score: 95.2525792
- Max Citation Score: 98.26433
- Similarity Product: 71.75888590264441

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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