PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974900
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "476000"]

Abstract:
A net fastener for releasably fastening a net to a horizontal crossbar includes a hook defining a loop, the hook having a free end and a handle end defining an opening leading to the loop, an elongate handle extending from the handle end of the hook, a first engagement element proximate the handle end of the hook and a second engagement element located on the handle and separated from the first engagement element by a length of the handle. The first engagement element engages a vertical cord and/or a first horizontal cord of the net and the second engagement element engages a second horizontal cord and/or the vertical cord of the net, and the hook engages the horizontal crossbar. A method for using a plurality of net fasteners to fasten a net to a horizontal crossbar, and a kit comprising a plurality of net fasteners, are also provided.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 11  further comprising the step of positioning each net fastener along the horizontal crossbar at a distance apart from each adjacent net fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.90741
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13083113', '15957146', '11261111', '12926630', '13110156']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6200271582981577
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4964557727011814
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6076700197384601
- Mean Citation Score: 195.566812
- Max Citation Score: 209.25447
- Similarity Product: 130.3942020912695

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

Dataset: test