PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16253493
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["222", "384000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and a method are provided for a sprayer nozzle support to a pump mechanism of a trigger sprayer assembly. The sprayer nozzle support generally comprises a tower portion and a first and second side protrusions. The tower portion is configured to convey stability to the pump mechanism when a screw cap of the trigger sprayer assembly is screwed onto a neck of a container. A top of the tower portion is configured to support the pump mechanism and a bottom of the tower portion is configured to contact the screw cap. The first and second side protrusions provide structures whereby the sprayer nozzle support may be removed from the trigger sprayer assembly. A curved proximal surface of the tower portion and the first and second side protrusions facilitates an unobstructed grasping of the trigger sprayer assembly in a hand.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for providing support to a pump mechanism of a trigger sprayer assembly comprising a trigger operated piston moving within a cylinder, the method comprising:\n configuring a top of a tower portion to support the cylinder when a bottom of the tower portion contacts the screw cap, such that the tower portion conveys stability to the cylinder when the screw cap of the trigger sprayer assembly is screwed onto a neck of a container; forming a first and a second side protrusions on opposite sides of the tower portion, such that the first and the second side protrusions provide structures whereby the tower portion may be installed and removed from the trigger sprayer assembly by grasping the first and the second side protrusions between an index finger and a thumb; and curving a proximal surface the tower portion and the first and the second side protrusions, such that a curved proximal surface of the tower portion and the first and the second side protrusions has a curvature which resembles a curvature of the screw cap, thereby facilitating an unobstructed grasping of the trigger sprayer assembly in a hand.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.49153
- Patent Class: 222.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14857672', '13566988', '10925539', '11376071', '11550647']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7607551438434847
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5522202584600368
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.73990165530514
- Mean Citation Score: 235.149932
- Max Citation Score: 430.59634000000005
- Similarity Product: 393.4518331725455

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

Dataset: test