PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15869360
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["405", "219000"]

Abstract:
A kit for installing a boat dock to an underlying bed of a body of water includes a deck frame for supporting a deck surface and guide members configured to slideably engage a support pillar to the deck frame; dock flotation members for floating the deck frame on the body of water; and pillars configured to be engaged to the deck frame by the guide member and to be anchored to the bed to secure the deck frame to the bed. A deck panel consists of an external frame with a reinforced concrete panel within the frame and a method for assembling and installing a dock, supporting a deck frame on or above a body of water; inserting pillars through guide members on the frame to contact the underlying lake bed; and anchoring the pillars to the underlying bed.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for installing a dock, wherein the dock comprises a deck frame and rigid deck pillars for connecting the deck frame to an underlying surface, the method comprising the steps of:\n a) supporting the deck frame in an elevated position above the surface with at least one deck support member; b) inserting the pillars through pilot sleeves, wherein the pilot sleeves are connected to the deck frame and are configured to permit the pillars to slide and/or rotate within the sleeves to accurately guide the pillars to the underlying surface; c) anchoring the pillars to the surface; d) engaging the pillars to the deck frame and e) removing the pilot sleeves from the pillars and the deck frame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5614
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12460092', '12122092', '12424379', '11317853', '12979032']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7551171858366724
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4775307980167698
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7273585470546822
- Mean Citation Score: 201.216764
- Max Citation Score: 209.00453
- Similarity Product: 165.61132822160005

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

Dataset: test