PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["043", "044990"]

Abstract:
A chumming device for live bait has a shaft with a primary end located opposite a secondary end. A head is connected to the primary end of the shaft. The head has a plurality of openings that facilitate water flow while scooping bait from a live well. The head has a lower portion forming a chamber configured to retain the bait. The primary side wall and the secondary side wall of the chamber have a first pair of opposing openings that are oriented in alignment with each other and are configured to receive a knife blade when the blade is received by the first pair of opposing openings. A cutting board is located between the first pair of opposing openings. The first pair of opposing openings position the knife blade over the cutting board when the knife blade is received by the first pair of opposing openings.

Claim (Index 1):
A chumming device for bait, comprising:\n a shaft, said shaft having a first end located opposite a second end, said shaft having a curvature; a head, said head is connected to said first end of said shaft, said head having a plurality of openings, said plurality of openings are configured to allow water flow while scooping bait from a live well; said head having a top portion, said top portion is configured to launch said bait from said head; a chamber, said head having a lower portion, said lower portion of said head forming said chamber, said chamber having a chamber opening, said chamber opening having a size great enough to receive bait, said chamber is configured to retain said bait; a cutting board, said lower portion of said chamber having a cutting board; a first pair of opposing recesses; said chamber having a first side wall located opposite a second side wall, said first side wall and said second side wall having said first pair of opposing openings, said first pair of opposing openings are oriented in alignment with each other and are configured to receive a blade of a knife when said blade of said knife is received by said first pair of opposing openings, said cutting board is located between said first pair of opposing openings, said first pair of opposing openings are configured to position said blade of said knife over said cutting board when said blade of said knife is received by said first pair of opposing openings; said chamber having a lip located opposite a protruding structure, said protruding structure extending beyond said chamber, said protruding structure is configured to align said bait to be launched in a direction by a force of a user; and, a handle, said handle is connected to said second end of said shaft.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 43.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15784096', '15628637', '14239182', '11112519', '11357829']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7287197632293445
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5359911567574052
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7094469025821506
- Mean Citation Score: 238.564968
- Max Citation Score: 390.1875
- Similarity Product: 330.089444629848

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