PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15923505
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["066", "117000"]

Abstract:
A needle member for use as a knitting needle and methods of making the same are disclosed. An example needle member may be formed of a metallic material and include a solid tip end and a connecting end opposite the tip end. The connecting end may have a threaded portion configured to be selectively secured to a flexible cable by rotating the needle member relative to the cable, and a solid body extending longitudinally from the solid tip end to the connecting end which defines a needle grip aperture. The needle grip aperture may be fixed within the solid body relative to the threaded portion of the connecting end. An interchangeable knitting needle set may be provided, which includes a plurality of needle members and different length cables for selectively connecting two of the needle members to create different knitting needles having different lengths or needle diameters.

Claim (Index 18):
A interchangeable knitting needle set, comprising:\n at least four interchangeable needle members, each formed of a metallic material, the needle members each including:\n a solid tip end; \n a connecting end opposite the tip end, the connecting end having a threaded portion configured to be selectively secured to a flexible cable by rotating the needle member relative to the cable; and \n a solid body extending longitudinally from the solid tip end to the connecting end, the solid body defining a substantially round lateral cross-section, the solid body defining a needle grip aperture positioned adjacent the connecting end and extending laterally through the solid body, the needle grip aperture being fixed within the solid body relative to the threaded portion of the connecting end; \n wherein one pair of the interchangeable needle members has a first needle length and a second pair of the interchangeable needle members has a second needle length greater than the first needle length; \n at least two interchangeable cables for selectively securing any two of the interchangeable needle members together, wherein a first one of the cables has a first cable length and a second one of the cables has a second cable length greater than the first cable length, each of the cables having needle connectors at opposite ends thereof, at least a first one of the needle connectors of each of the cables defining a cable grip aperture and a connector thread configured to be secured to the threaded portion of one of the needle members; wherein the first cable length is greater than the first needle length; and a first key member and a second key member;\n wherein the needle grip apertures of the needle members are each configured to receive the first key member, and the connector grip apertures of the cables are each configured to receive the second key member; and \n wherein the first and second key members are configured to apply a rotational torque to one of the needle members and one of the needle connectors to selectively rotate the one of the needle members about a longitudinal axis of the solid body relative to the one of the needle connectors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 66.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14261847', '13294502', '14739963', '13039820', '11231135']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6729050553577314
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4345825195574265
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.649072801777701
- Mean Citation Score: 129.9823828
- Max Citation Score: 161.48145
- Similarity Product: 126.19426598289012

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