PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018719
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["285", "242000"]

Abstract:
A garden hose with an outer flexible sheath of spirally wound and linked turns of sheet material, an inner tube of flexible polymer inside the sheath and end couplers with nipples press fit into ends of the tube and connector mechanisms connecting the couplers to the outer sheath. Each connector mechanism has inner and outer press fit shells at the end of the sheath, with flared ends separated by a washer.

Claim (Index 11):
A garden hose comprising:\n a hose body ( 12 ) of at least about  10  feet in length; the hose body comprising a flexible metal outer sheath ( 14 ), and an inner tube ( 16 ) of flexible, waterproof polymer material strong enough to withstand domestic water pressure, the inner tube being inside and extending along the length of the outer sheath ( 14 ); a first coupler ( 18 ) having a first nipple ( 18 a ) press fit into a first end of the inner tube ( 16 ), the first coupler ( 18 ) being adapted to connect the garden hose to a water faucet; a second coupler ( 20 ) having a second nipple ( 20 a ) press fit into a second end of the inner tube ( 16 ), the second coupler ( 20 ) being adapted for discharging water from the garden hose; a first connector connecting the first coupler to a first end of the outer sheath and a second connector connecting the second coupler to a second end of the outer sheath; wherein the garden hose is adapted for use as a garden water hose in a residential environment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70455
- Patent Class: 285.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15638057', '13289447', '15794662', '13690670', '13859511']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7751214676776444
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4569745649001637
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7433067773998964
- Mean Citation Score: 242.816004
- Max Citation Score: 441.2315
- Similarity Product: 401.7371473185421

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

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