PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16345567
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["089", "014400"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a noise attenuation device and in particular a device which provides an increased performance in the range of a mortar system. A noise attenuation device suitable for use on a munition barrel, said device comprising an barrel extension portion, wherein the barrel extension portion has a length in the range of from 10 cm to 60 cm, at a first end of said barrel extension portion there is a tapered portion which tapers outwardly from said barrel extension portion, wherein said tapered portion, is frustroconical and has a cone angle in the range of from 22° to 28°, at a second end of the barrel extension portion a connector to secure the device onto a munition barrel.

Claim (Index 11):
A device according to  claim 9  wherein the device when attached to the munition barrel allows the reduced mass propellant munition to be launched and to achieve substantially the same range as when the reduced mass propellant munition is launched without the device attached to the munition barrel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22414
- Patent Class: 89.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10489998', '15583536', '10817667', '12503702', '13772206']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.720743857500079
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4753051520145924
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6961999869515303
- Mean Citation Score: 121.06216
- Max Citation Score: 128.69778
- Similarity Product: 89.14187554394604

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

Dataset: test