PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16502330
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-07
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["296", "057100"]

Abstract:
A shroud for a truck bed tailgate may have a set of platens adapted for engagement with a pick-up truck having truck bed, and a tailgate pivotable about a tailgate pivot axis. The set of platens may have a first platen adapted to be fixedly engaged with the truck bed, the first platen defining a hinge cover pivot axis parallel to the tailgate pivot axis. The shroud may further have a hinge cover, the hinge cover being rotatably engaged with the first platen to rotate about the hinge cover pivot axis between a first orientation wherein it extends over the elongated tailgate clearance gap, and a second orientation wherein it is clear of the tailgate when the tailgate is in the closed position.

Claim (Index 9):
The shroud for a truck bed tailgate of  claim 1 ,\n wherein the first platen further comprises an elastomeric strap, the elastomeric strap being elongated in a first direction to define a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge,\n the first edge being fixedly engaged with the first platen, and \n the second edge extending outwardly from the first platen toward the tailgate; and \n wherein the one or more additional platens comprises a second platen fixedly engaged to the tailgate such that, when the tailgate is in the open position, the second platen extends into the tailgate clearance gap and contacts the distal end of the elastomeric strap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32143
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15888311', '13835226', '15484531', '14023823', '14741276']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.799110790770703
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5567563564496395
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7748753473385966
- Mean Citation Score: 294.7407560000001
- Max Citation Score: 484.08008
- Similarity Product: 412.7333597683239

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