PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927311
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["473", "460000"]

Abstract:
A ball collecting apparatus is provided that employs a human-powered ball transport system that moves balls from a collecting surface to a location above the collection surface. The ball collecting apparatus employs no motors or other artificially powered devices to retrieve and transfer balls, which makes it light and easy to maneuver. The ball collecting apparatus is primarily contemplated for use of picking up tennis balls, but other balls of various sizes may be accommodated by the apparatus, as it is scalable.

Claim (Index 15):
The apparatus of  claim 14 , further comprising a first timing gear interconnected to the lower axle or the second pulley, wherein rotation of the lower axle or the second pulley rotates the at least one first timing gear;\n at least one second timing gear associated with the turnstile shaft; a timing belt interconnected to the first timing gear and the second timing gear, wherein rotation of the first timing gear rotates the at least one turnstile;

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54386
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13126168', '14204494', '13869506', '13751123', '15015883']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6150019257058623
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.476167574110351
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6011184905463112
- Mean Citation Score: 185.79450000000003
- Max Citation Score: 218.72488
- Similarity Product: 155.2769167241192

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

Dataset: test