PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16029528
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["024", "303000"]

Abstract:
A strap securing device and method for securing a free end of a strap to a metallic surface including an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a leverage arm is disclosed. One of either the lower jaw or the upper jaw has a jagged contour and a magnetic surface. The upper jaw and the lower jaw are secured together through the leverage arm, which pinches the free end of a strap between the upper and lower jaws. The magnetic surface allows for attachment of the strap securing device to a metallic surface, such as the surface of a truck bed.

Claim (Index 15):
A method comprising:\n placing a strap on a surface with a jagged contour between a lower jaw and an upper jaw; securing the lower jaw to the upper jaw by inserting two opposing arms the upper jaw into a leverage arm; locking the lower jaw and the upper jaw into place by inserting at least one prong on each of the two opposing arms into a slot positioned on the side of the leverage arm; and securing the strap to a metallic surface by placing a magnetic surface on at least one of the lower jaw and the upper jaw onto the metallic surface, wherein the upper jaw further comprises the two opposing arms sized to allow for insertion into the leverage arm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 24.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13528262', '14081299', '13952586', '12968888', '13895289']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7324379430523654
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4489244099968461
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7040865897468135
- Mean Citation Score: 173.150634
- Max Citation Score: 187.4061
- Similarity Product: 128.7997828818798

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