PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891478
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["049", "462000"]

Abstract:
A pest barrier assembly for preventing a pest from passing beneath a door includes a shell that defines an interior space. The shell is flexible. The shell is configured to couple to a bottom of a door so that the shell extends between opposing edges of the door. A filler is positioned in and substantially occupies the interior space. The shell is configured to close a gap between the bottom of the door and a surface below the door when the door is closed. The filler is metallic so that the filler is configured to deter chewing of the shell by a pest. The pest is deterred from passing beneath the door.

Claim (Index 1):
A pest barrier assembly comprising:\n a shell defining an interior space, said shell being configured for coupling to a bottom of a door such that said shell extends between opposing edges of the door; a filler positioned in and substantially occupying said interior space such that said shell is configured for closing a gap between the bottom of the door and a surface below the door when the door is closed, said filler being metallic such that said filler is configured for deterring chewing of said shell by a pest such that the pest is deterred from passing beneath the door; and a pair of couplers coupled singly to opposing ends of said shell, said couplers being configured for coupling to the door, wherein said couplers are positioned on said shell such that each said coupler is configured for coupling to said door proximate to a respective opposing edge of the door for coupling said shell to the door and positioning said shell for closing the gap between the bottom of the door and the surface below the door when the door is closed, each said coupler comprising a plate coupled to and extending from a respective opposing end of said shell past a back of said shell such that said plates are oppositely positioned across said shell, wherein said plates are positioned on said shell such that each said plate is configured for frictionally coupling to the respective opposing edge of the door for coupling said shell to the door and positioning said shell for closing the gap between the bottom of the door and the surface below the door when the door is closed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38
- Patent Class: 49.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15690380', '15678241', '15690367', '15820098', '15463691']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7915453850069851
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4688530158972772
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7592761480960143
- Mean Citation Score: 153.61076400000005
- Max Citation Score: 160.1025
- Similarity Product: 115.1826703378558

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