PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16003702
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["119", "711000"]

Abstract:
A reconfigurable pet enrichment system designed to help pets fulfill their natural behaviors is provided. The system is arranged to facilitate an environment that helps stimulate, entertain, and exercise a pet, and also provides a defensible space for napping, resting, or sleeping. The system is constructed from two separate pieces of pliable material. A base component is fashioned with a non-slip element. A top-covering component is attached to the base component, by means of semi-permanent fasteners, to create a variety of forms such as ripples, nooks and tunnels. The top component contains a plurality of differing sized openings. Openings appeal to a pet's predatory nature, as the openings provide a source of stimulation and interaction. The pet enrichment system may be formed of any desired material, so as to be safe for pet interaction. The system may also be configured with a plurality of members attached via semi-permanent fasteners.

Claim (Index 1):
A pet enrichment system, comprising:\n a base layer comprising an upper surface that is made substantially of a reshapable, pliable first material; a top layer, comprising:\n a plurality of at least three cut-out openings; \n an upper surface that is made substantially of a second reshapable, pliable second material, wherein the first material does not attach to the first material when the first material comes into contact with the first material, the first material does not attach to the second material when the first material comes into contact with the second material, and the second material does not attach to the second material when the second material comes into contact with the second material, such that the upper surface of the top layer and the upper surface of the base layer do not attach to the upper surface of the top layer nor to the upper surface of the base layer; and \n a lower surface that is made substantially of a third material that does not attach to the first material when the third material comes into contact with the first material, that does not attach to the second material when the third material comes into contact with the second material, and that does not attach to the third material when the third material comes into contact with the third material, such that the lower surface of the top layer does not attach to the upper surface of the top layer, to the upper surface of the base layer, nor to the lower surface of the top layer; and \n a plurality of snap fasteners, a first half of each snap fastener affixed in a distribution on the lower surface of the top layer and a corresponding second half of each snap fastener affixed in a distribution on the upper surface of the base layer,\n wherein the first half and the corresponding second half of each snap fastener form a semi-permanent attachment to one another when pressed together, such that the top layer is configured to attach at a set of locations on the upper surface of the base layer via the plurality of snap fasteners, \n wherein the top layer is configured to hold a three-dimensional shape, capable of forming a self-standing internal cavity with space suitable for containing a domestic cat or similar sized animal in the case that the first half and the corresponding second half of at least some of the plurality of snap fasteners are attached to one another, and \n wherein the plurality of snap fasteners are configured to separate in response to a force pulling the first half of each snap fastener away from the corresponding second half of each snap fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83696
- Patent Class: 119.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15083794', '12839221', '12538968', '14807325', '11657861']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7315595952113032
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5212294993107304
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7105265856212459
- Mean Citation Score: 176.040132
- Max Citation Score: 343.6264
- Similarity Product: 274.7804662278175

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

Dataset: test