PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971941
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "517000"]

Abstract:
A snowball launching and batting apparatus comprising a barrel member, a handle member, and a knob feature, the handle member further comprising a primary cradle structure configured to accept, form, and store snow or snowballs. The apparatus further comprises a secondary cradle structure capable of coupling the primary cradle structure and configured to accept, form, and store snow or snowballs. The knob feature may further comprise a depression configured to form snowballs. The apparatus is further configured to have an extended and retracted state. A user inserts snow into the barrel and cradle structure to form a snowball and inserts it into the apparatus while in an extended state. Launching the snowballs from the apparatus may comprise swinging the apparatus or applying a force to the handle member to quickly move it from an extended state to a retracted state.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of using a snowball launching and batting apparatus, comprising the steps of:\n a. applying a force along a central axis of the apparatus, transforming the apparatus from an extended state to a compressed state; b. twisting a handle member of the apparatus such that the apparatus is locked in the compressed state; c. inserting an amount of snow or at least one snowball into a cradle member of the apparatus; d. compressing and forming the amount of snow or at least one snowball between a user's hand and the cradle member; e. twisting the handle member of the apparatus such that the apparatus is no longer locked in the compressed state; f. applying a force along the central axis of the apparatus, transforming the apparatus from the compressed state to the extended state; and g. swinging the apparatus in a radial fashion, such that the amount of snow or at least one snowball has a centrifugal force applied to it, launching the amount of snow or at least one snowball from the apparatus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73214
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12698818', '10633880', '11474319', '12712605', '13090574']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6222954928097153
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.490846811944566
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6091506247232005
- Mean Citation Score: 194.763138
- Max Citation Score: 237.96063
- Similarity Product: 174.94582976569538

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

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