PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15873434
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["042", "071010"]

Abstract:
An assembly for mounting a handguard to a firearm utilizes a clamping element disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior end of the handguard. The clamping element has multiple surfaces which mimic different diameter portions of the exterior profile of the barrel nut to prevent any of longitudinal, axial, or radial misalignment of the handguard relative to the axis of the firearm barrel. The clamping element may be secured in place with multiple fasteners having the same or different axes of movement.

Claim (Index 7):
The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the mechanism for securing comprises a plurality of helicoil inserts disposed within respective apertures within the handguard and a plurality of threaded fasteners, each receivable within one of the helicoil inserts for forcing the biasing clamp element against the barrel nut.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66038
- Patent Class: 42.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15873382', '15873299', '12214930', '11593439', '13467278']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8330356310118157
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5653515028050523
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8062672181911393
- Mean Citation Score: 348.870082
- Max Citation Score: 483.72485
- Similarity Product: 405.4541485784382

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

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