PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16003171
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["042", "072000"]

Abstract:
Handguard anchoring systems suitable for attaching a handguard to a firearm are disclosed, including systems having a fastener that extends into a barrel nut and compresses at least a portion of the handguard between the fastener and the barrel nut. Many embodiments include openings in the handguard and/or a plate that are oversized for the fastener such that the handguard may be rotated relative to the barrel nut when a portion of the fastener is positioned within the opening.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for a firearm, comprising:\n a barrel nut having a circumference with a plurality of openings positioned therearound; a handguard having a sidewall defining an internal cavity arranged to receive the barrel nut, the sidewall defining a side opening that exposes a first opening of the plurality of openings when the barrel nut and the handguard are mounted on the firearm; and a plate defining a plate opening arranged to receive a fastener; wherein when mounted on the firearm, the sidewall of the handguard is captured between the plate and the barrel nut and the fastener has portions positioned in the plate opening, the side opening, and the first opening of the barrel nut.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70833
- Patent Class: 42.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15895289', '12214930', '15954918', '14925020', '11593439']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7748499005242974
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4851301529094049
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7458779257628082
- Mean Citation Score: 254.79576
- Max Citation Score: 265.71027000000004
- Similarity Product: 234.2283082825845

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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