PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16153961
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["439", "372000"]

Abstract:
A diagnostic port connector for a vehicle that includes a locking mechanism is disclosed. The system can comprise a connector body, such as a male OBD-II connector. The connector can include a plurality of connector pins, with the pins capable of passing signals and messages from the vehicle's on board diagnostic system to a device in electrical communication with the connector. The connector can also include a connection retention component. The connection retention component can be configured to maintain a connection between male connectors and female connection ports by interfering with a protruding portion of the female connection port.

Claim (Index 5):
A male OBD-II connector for connecting to a vehicle comprising:\n a connector body, configured to mate with a female OBD-II port associated with the vehicle; a plurality of connector pins, the connector pins configured to pass at least one signal or message from an on board diagnostic system of the vehicle to a device in electrical communication with the connector; a connection retention component, configured to move from an unlocked position to a locked position to prevent unintentional loss of connection between the connector and the female OBD-II port; wherein the connection retention component is configured to physically interfere with a protrusion from a surface of the female OBD-II port if the connector body is pulled away from the female OBD-II port while the connection retention component is in the locked position; and wherein the connection retention component moves from the unlocked to the locked position by sliding towards the upper surface of the female port.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81356
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15433910', '15040112', '11504494', '13232816', '14474676']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7342180656686709
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5657241859833191
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7173686777001358
- Mean Citation Score: 295.7430700000001
- Max Citation Score: 440.9194
- Similarity Product: 435.5703020925522

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

Dataset: test