PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872384
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["073", "085000"]

Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a device, system, and method for evaluating the condition of a wooden structure by automated profiling of the hardness of the structure. More particularly, the present invention is directed towards a probing device comprising a blade coupled to a resistance mechanism and a mechanical sensor for measuring the hardness of wood in a structure; a system comprising such a device, and a computing device coupled to the device that outputs the hardness measurements of the device; and a method for operating such a device and determining the condition of wood by identifying changes in hardness in a wooden structure.

Claim (Index 21):
A device for measuring the hardness of a wooden structure, comprising:\n a shaft, the shaft comprising an at least partially hollow interior and a hole; a blade coupled to said shaft, wherein said blade is configured to extend out of said hole; a resistance mechanism coupled to said blade; and a mechanical sensor coupled to said blade, wherein said mechanical sensor is capable of measuring an amount that said blade penetrates said wooden structure at said location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28571
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14625303', '15801824', '15801894', '13606685', '08771467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6785431602752486
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5593313966788612
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6666219839156099
- Mean Citation Score: 190.884146
- Max Citation Score: 434.68765
- Similarity Product: 399.94342562535695

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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