PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16025775
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["414", "137400"]

Abstract:
This disclosure refers to a device for assisting in the loading of bulk carriers even in rainy weather. Such device comprises: a smooth hose configured to be inserted into the opening of the hatch of the storage hold cover of the ship; a folding hose placed above the smooth hose and configured to absorb the movements of the bulk carrier relative to the device; an upper flange for fastening the device to the free end of the nozzle of the ship loader; and a lower flange configured to connect the device to the hatch opening of the storage hold cover of the ship. The disclosure also includes a method of loading bulk carriers using the device.

Claim (Index 7):
The device for loading bulk carriers according to  claim 5 , wherein the lower flange is attached to the lower end of the folding hose and to an upper end of the smooth hose, causing the smooth hose to pass through the lower flange.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15789
- Patent Class: 414.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13532048', '10792433', '12767560', '11301838', '14532332']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8504656625300464
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4879826562284096
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8142173618998827
- Mean Citation Score: 162.16022600000005
- Max Citation Score: 179.72371
- Similarity Product: 111.1459373941052

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

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