PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966678
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["439", "533000"]

Abstract:
A power transfer system to facilitate the transfer of electrical power between tree trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The power transfer system can advantageously enable neighboring tree trunk sections to be electrically connected without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections. Power distribution subsystems can be partially disposed within the trunk sections. The power distribution subsystems can comprise a male end, a female end, or both. The male ends can have prongs and the female ends can have channels, and the prongs and channels may be positioned outside of the trunk sections. The prongs can be inserted into the channels to electrically connect the power distribution subsystems of neighboring tree trunk sections. The prongs and channels may be configured to engage one another without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections.

Claim (Index 1):
An artificial tree system comprising:\n a first trunk section having an elongate body; a first coupling mechanism attached to an exterior surface of the first trunk section proximate an end of the first trunk section, the first coupling mechanism including a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact, the first and second electrical contacts being in electrical communication with a first power distribution subsystem at least partially disposed within the first trunk section; a second trunk section having an elongate body; a second coupling mechanism attached to an exterior surface of the second trunk section proximate an end of the second trunk section, the second coupling mechanism including a third electrical contact and a fourth electrical contact, the third and fourth electrical contacts being in electrical communication with a second power distribution subsystem at least partially disposed within the second trunk section, wherein the second coupling mechanism is configured to at least partially receive the first coupling mechanism such that the second coupling mechanism is mechanically connected to the first coupling mechanism independent of a rotational alignment of the first coupling mechanism with respect to the second coupling mechanism, the first electrical contact is in electrical communication with the third electrical contact, and the second electrical contact is in electrical communication with the fourth electrical contact.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50847
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15446701', '15297729', '13659737', '14547505', '14090470']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7898148026228677
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5656082017997591
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7673941425405568
- Mean Citation Score: 422.420664
- Max Citation Score: 479.9133
- Similarity Product: 414.3091927151442

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

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