PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891050
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["239", "650000"]

Abstract:
An electric handheld broadcast spreader with pattern and speed controlling baffled skirt detachably attaches to a conventional spreader mechanism to disperse particles in a controlled, directional manner within a proximal coverage area with two hands. A broadcasting/dispersing skirt receives particulate material from a conventional spreader. The inner volume of broadcasting/dispersing skirt comprises upper layer baffles, with upper gaps forming between each upper layer baffle; lower layer baffles, offset from the upper layer baffles, with lower gaps forming between each lower layer baffle; and multiple vertical deflector vanes disposed perpendicular to lower layer baffles. Discharged particulate material strikes the surface of the baffles, before passing through gaps. The particulate material traveling in a lateral direction strikes the deflector vanes and outlet edge of broadcasting/dispersing skirt. This controls velocity and direction of dispersed particulate material, causing particulate material to be confined within a close pattern coverage area on ground surface.

Claim (Index 18):
The spreader of  claim 1 , further comprising a volume dial to control the amount of particulate material that is emitted from the storage hopper into the broadcasting/dispersing skirt.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97561
- Patent Class: 239.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14798636', '15237442', '09965260', '10443702', '12614077']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7892023025854266
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4784893698008876
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7581310093069726
- Mean Citation Score: 189.952422
- Max Citation Score: 198.58966
- Similarity Product: 144.5548750544751

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

Dataset: test