PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16035343
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "298000"]

Abstract:
A post support device comprising a rigid insert portion having a body interposed between a top opening and a bottom end, said body defining a space therein. A post member is releasably secured in the rigid insert portion with a granular material, in combination with retainer members and a sealant portion. In the event the post member decomposes or breaks, the post member may be replaced by removing the sealant portion, retainer members, and the post member. The post support device enables the user to replace post members while maintaining the original spacing of the fence structure.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for releasably mounting a post member comprising the steps of:\n providing a post member of pre-selected length; providing a rigid insert portion having:\n a top opening and a bottom end, the top opening positioned opposite the bottom end and concentric with the bottom end, \n a body interposed between the top opening and the bottom end, said body defining a space therein, \n the bottom end having a cross section less than a cross section of said top opening, such that the body of the rigid insert portion and the bottom end intersect at an obtuse angle, \n an inner surface and an outer surface, \n at least one retainer member support fixed to the inner surface of the body, mounting the rigid insert portion in a stabilizing material, \n inserting the post member through the top opening and body of the rigid insert portion, releasably attaching the post member to the bottom end of the rigid insert portion, pouring a granular material in the space adjacent the post member to an adjustment depth, adjusting the post member to a desired orientation, pouring the granular material in the space adjacent the post member to a final depth, releasably attaching at least one retainer member in communication with the retainer member support and the post member, and adhering a sealant portion in communication with the top opening of the rigid insert portion and the post member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79661
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15710929', '13850131', '13661949', '14404859', '13850125']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7907487191623499
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.467339013812161
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7584077486273311
- Mean Citation Score: 140.16928
- Max Citation Score: 142.97734
- Similarity Product: 101.94957582153678

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