PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16132419
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["220", "009400"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for covering and protecting an edible item that allows a flexible covering to cover and protect the edible item without damaging or altering a feature on the edible item. The edible item has a top surface with an outer edge. The apparatus provides a plurality of vertical supports, each having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion of each vertical support is inserted the top surface of the edible item adjacent to the outer edge. The first portion of each vertical support at least partially extends beyond the outer edge of the edible item, and the flexible covering can be supported by the plurality of vertical supports.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for covering and protecting an edible item that allows a flexible covering to cover and protect the edible item without damaging or altering a feature on the edible item, the edible item having a top surface with an outer edge, the apparatus comprising:\n a plurality of vertical supports that are spaced apart from each other and each having an elongated configuration, each vertical support from the plurality of vertical supports having:\n a first portion that is positioned above the top surface of the edible item, \n an elongate second portion that is extends down around the outer perimeter of the edible item to an extended end; \n a protrusion formed between the first portion and the elongate second portion; \n a base retainer configured on the extended end of at least a portion of the plurality of vertical supports; and \n a plurality of horizontal supports, each having a plurality of spaced apart apertures, wherein the protrusion on each vertical support can be secured by a friction fit within one aperture from the plurality of spaced apart apertures on the at least one horizontal support to allow movement of each vertical support between an attached position relative to the at least one horizontal support and a removed position relative to the at least one horizontal support, and wherein the flexible covering can be supported by the plurality of vertical supports; and a corner retainer configured between and coupling a first and second horizontal support together.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16364
- Patent Class: 220.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15810433', '14926103', '13464469', '15887416', '14988260']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8110282510249617
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5388053036947147
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7838059562919371
- Mean Citation Score: 242.814176
- Max Citation Score: 395.81235
- Similarity Product: 390.43794005144827

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

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