PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926207
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["174", "066000"]

Abstract:
A temporary protective cover for junction boxes with or without installed switches and/or outlets and for conduit bodies, empty or containing wires or cables of various sizes and uses. The protective cover having a front and rear surface; having a trapezoidal cavity sized to receive installed switches and/or outlets in junction box; the protective cover having two elongated tabs that extend on either side of installed switch or plug inside junction box, for securing the protective cover to junction boxes and conduit bodies; having rectangular or circular cavity opening that is sized to fit openings of junction boxes or conduit bodies, in such a manner that the cover remains fixed relative to the junction box or conduit body.

Claim (Index 3):
A method of using a temporary protective cover to protect and cover contents of an interior or exterior electrical junction box that rests on the surface or is embedded within a wall surface while applying exterior stucco, joint compound, joint compound as a texture, painting, and applying a faux finish. Said methods comprising the steps of removing a standard-sized electrical box cover plate, or prior to the installation of electrical cover plate; providing a protective cover configured to slide into junction box when pressure is applied to the right and left extended side tabs simultaneously while pushing cover into junction box. The cover, made from plastic materials from the polyethylene family, is durable and reusable. Allowing any of the aforementioned tasks to be preformed on the wall surface up to the edge of the protective cover, then removing protective cover, and attaching the standard-sized electrical plate cover.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90909
- Patent Class: 174.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12217198', '13507701', '12228014', '11879947', '12703541']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8391103485985695
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.526305414877852
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8078298552264978
- Mean Citation Score: 232.5279
- Max Citation Score: 352.49435
- Similarity Product: 286.09656880119144

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

Dataset: test