PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16039019
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["156", "060000"]

Abstract:
The present technology relates generally to devices and methods for preserving the integrity of folders that are placed into ringed binders or notebooks, preferably folders that are made of paper or other like material, and which are used for example for the transport and storage of papers by students or other types of users.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of reinforcing and prolonging the usable life of folder that is fastened to a ringed binder, comprising,\n providing a folder having two or more holes through which two or more rings of a ringed notebook binder pass in order to fasten the folder to the binder; providing a reinforcement device that comprises:\n a planar sheet including:\n a first side and an opposing second side; \n at least one pre-formed hole defined by the planar sheet; and \n a glue or other sticky substance on one of the first side and the opposing second side to facilitate affixing the reinforcement device to the folder such that at least one hole of the folder and at least one hole of the reinforcement device sufficiently align to allow a ring from the ringed binder to pass through the holes of both the folder and the reinforcement device, \n wherein the reinforcement device is made of one or more of paper, cardstock paper, a plastic, or a polymer, and \n wherein the at least one pre-formed hole is laterally offset from a centerline of the planar sheet such that the at least one pre-formed hole is positioned closer towards an inner edge than an outer edge of the planar sheet; and \n \n a coating layer comprising a friction material and a textured surface, the friction material and the textured surface configured to limit movement of an object residing within the folder when the object contacts the coating layer; \n attaching the reinforcement device to a side of the folder so that the reinforcement device is affixed to only one side of the folder in a position that at least one hole of the reinforcement device is aligned with at least one hole of the folder to permit a ring from the ringed binder to pass through both holes, and wherein the reinforcement device provides added resistance against one or more rings of the ringed binder from tearing through one or more holes of the folder, compared to when the reinforcement device is not present.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.39024
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14171778', '10940412', '11724550', '12428665', '10602014']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8731588291020774
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4655503292286784
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8323979791147376
- Mean Citation Score: 94.9433852
- Max Citation Score: 112.31529
- Similarity Product: 77.98869277577163

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