PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872213
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["030", "161000"]

Abstract:
A multi-function stop mechanism for a folding knife is provided. More specifically, the stop mechanism extends outwardly from the blade and engages a first surface of the handle when the blade is in the open position to prevent over-rotation of the blade and/or engages a second surface of the handle when the blade is in the closed position. Additionally, the outwardly extending stop mechanism may assist a user in opening the blade from the closed position to the open position.

Claim (Index 19):
A folding knife comprising:\n a handle; a blade moveable from a first extended position to a second closed position and having a front end, a tang on a rear end, a spine, a cutting edge opposite the spine, first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the blade pivotally interconnected to a forward end of the handle; a locking mechanism moveable from a first locked position to a second released position; and a stop mechanism interconnected to a portion of the blade proximate the tang, wherein the stop mechanism extends outward from at least one of the first side and the second side of the blade, wherein an outer surface of the stop mechanism engages a first surface of the handle when the blade is in the first extended position or the second closed position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07317
- Patent Class: 30.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14542076', '14149408', '11339905', '12789376', '10241812']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8472986282322049
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.486850517949765
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.811253817203961
- Mean Citation Score: 281.23101
- Max Citation Score: 287.03867
- Similarity Product: 250.8524682886118

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