PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16043253
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["463", "017000"]

Abstract:
A gaming table ( 1;20 ) for roulette and similar games has a wheel ( 2 ) and a betting area ( 3 ) delineated on the table-top ( 9 ) with a rectangular hollow shoulder ( 8 ) upstanding along a longitudinal side wall ( 4 ) of the table ( 1;20 ). The inner wall of the shoulder ( 8 ) has a slot-opening ( 12 ) that is closed by a top-hinged flap ( 13 ) that opens inwardly against a spring action under pressure of chips (C) drawn onto the flap ( 13 ) across the table-top ( 9 ) from the betting area ( 3 ). Chips (C) admitted through the opening ( 12 ) fall onto a moving belt ( 15 ) of a conveyor system ( 16 ) leading to a chipping machine ( 18 ) under the table ( 1 ) for collection and sorting. In a modification, the chips (C) fall down onto the belt ( 15 ) via an inwardly inclined chute ( 22 ) under the table ( 20 ).

Claim (Index 14):
A gaming table for roulette reducing possible diversion of a croupier's attention during collection of chips following playing of a game, the gaming table comprising:\n a table-top to the table, and the table-top having a head area; a roulette wheel located within the head area of the table-top; a betting area being defined on the table-top spaced from the roulette wheel; a shoulder at least partially surrounding the betting area; a side-wall of the shoulder being located laterally of the betting area; and a losing chip slot opening being defined in the side-wall of the gaming table laterally of the betting area and facing toward the betting area for receiving and admitting therethrough chips gathered from the betting area and drawn laterally of the table-top from the betting area for discharge through the losing chip slot opening, the losing chip slot opening lying in a plane extending normal to the table-top and at least a portion of the losing chip slot opening being located vertically above the table-top, and the losing chip slot opening being normally closed by a pivotable flap which is spring loaded so as to hold the pivotable flap closed against any chip that accidently strikes the pivotable flap during play of a game.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20225
- Patent Class: 463.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13510478', '09305562', '11414956', '10202370', '13430482']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3053634798291964
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4362473606707681
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3184518679133535
- Mean Citation Score: 141.50583400000005
- Max Citation Score: 148.05988
- Similarity Product: 121.47401765699622

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