PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966700
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["224", "219000"]

Abstract:
An embodiment personal item management apparatus includes a wearable band having a fixed circumference that defines a first outer diameter; and a clasp coupled to the wearable band, the clasp having a second outer diameter that is less than the first outer diameter and being adapted to couple a personal item to the wearable band. In an exemplary embodiment, the ratio of the second outer diameter to the first outer diameter is about 0.4.

Claim (Index 5):
A personal management apparatus, comprising:\n a wearable band having a non-adjustable, fixed circumference that defines a first outer diameter; and a clasp coupled to the wearable band, the clasp defining a second outer diameter that is less than the first outer diameter and being adapted to couple a personal item to the wearable band; wherein the wearable band comprises:\n an inner core formed from a rigid or non-flexible material, the inner core being ring-shaped; and \n a cover surrounding the inner core, the cover defining an outer surface; \n wherein a portion of the inner core of the wearable band is radially sandwiched between radially-spaced first and second portions of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band; wherein the first portion of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band defines the first outer diameter; wherein the second portion of the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band is generally circular in shape, and is sized so that the wearable band is adapted to be worn around a user's wrist and/or bicep; wherein the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band extends continuously and uninterruptedly along the fixed circumference of the wearable band in its entirety; wherein the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band is generally donut-shaped and defines a radially-extending cross-section, the radially-extending cross-section generally defining a circular shape that is constant and the same at any point along the fixed circumference of the wearable band and throughout the outer surface's continuous and uninterrupted extension along the fixed circumference of the wearable band in its entirety; wherein the circular shape, which is generally defined by the radially-extending cross-section defined by the outer surface of the cover of the wearable band, is coplanar with the any point along the fixed circumference of the wearable band, and extends radially outward from the second portion of the outer surface of the cover to the first portion of the outer surface of the cover at the any point along the fixed circumference of the wearable band, the circular shape being radially bounded by the second portion of the outer surface of the cover and the first portion of the outer surface of the cover; wherein the clasp comprises:\n a clasp body forming an arcuate shape that defines the second outer diameter; and \n a gate movable between a closed position and an open position, the gate having a first end pivotably coupled to one end of the clasp body and an opposing second end that moves relative to another end of the clasp body; \n wherein, when the gate of the clasp is in the open position, the opposing second end of the gate extends towards the clasp body; wherein the gate of the clasp is spring loaded so that:\n the gate of the clasp is biased into the closed position; and \n the gate of the clasp is configured to be moved from the closed position to the open position in response to an application of a force against the gate; \n wherein a first inner region is defined by the cover of the wearable band; wherein the first inner region is generally circular in shape; wherein the clasp extends through the first inner region so that the wearable band extends around a portion of the clasp; wherein a second inner region is at least partially defined by the clasp body of the clasp; wherein the wearable band extends through the second inner region so that the clasp extends around a portion of the wearable band when the gate of the clasp is in the closed position; wherein the extension of the clasp through the first inner region, and the extension of the wearable band through the second inner region, couples the clasp to the wearable band; wherein the extension of the clasp through the first inner region, the extension of the wearable band through the second inner region, and the continuous and uninterrupted extension of the outer surface along the fixed circumference of the wearable band in its entirety, permits movement of the clasp relative to the wearable band and along the fixed circumference of the wearable band in its entirety, while the clasp remains coupled to the wearable band; and wherein at least the rigidity of the rigid or non-flexible material from which the inner core of the wearable band is formed is such that, when the personal item is coupled to the wearable band by the clasp and the personal item applies a gravity-induced load against the wearable band:\n the first outer diameter of the wearable band remains generally constant; \n the circular shape of the first inner region is generally maintained; \n and \n since the first outer diameter of the wearable band remains generally constant and the circular shape of the first inner region is generally maintained, the clasp continues to be permitted to move relative to the wearable band and along the fixed circumference of the wearable band in its entirety, while the clasp remains coupled to the wearable band and the personal item is coupled to the clasp.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.975
- Patent Class: 224.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14600319', '15251118', '13603512', '12714861', '13477841']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8254474455761023
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.480221820218502
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7909248830403423
- Mean Citation Score: 180.68622440000004
- Max Citation Score: 282.41608
- Similarity Product: 275.3209744478416

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

Dataset: test