PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919080
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["166", "381000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for use in a fluid conduit comprises a plurality of segments arranged along a longitudinal axis, each segment comprising an extendable structure configured for extension in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis, wherein the apparatus is configured for the sequential initiation of lateral extension of the extendable structures of at least two segments. At least two segments may be configured to define different maximum extended dimensions in the lateral direction and may include adjacent support surfaces which provide mutual support for one another when the at least two segments are laterally extended. The apparatus may be configured to form a seal, an anchor, a supporting structure and/or a flow restriction in a fluid conduit.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of sealing a fluid conduit, the method comprising;\n providing an apparatus comprising: a plurality of segments arranged along a longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of segments comprising an extendable structure configured for extension in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal axis; a seal structure; and a substantially incompressible deformable support or filler material disposed around the extendable structure of at least one segment, wherein the deformable support or filler material is softer and/or weaker than a material from which the plurality of segments are formed; wherein the method comprises: applying an axial actuation force to sequentially actuate extension of extendable structures of at least two of the plurality of segments of the apparatus in a lateral direction relative to a longitudinal axis along which the apparatus is arranged; wherein during the sequential actuation of the lateral extension of the extendable structures of the at least two of the plurality of segments, the seal structure is axially compressed to a sealing configuration and the deformable support or filler material is deformed; and wherein, in the sealing configuration, the seal structure is supported by the extendable structures of the at least two of the plurality of segments.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83824
- Patent Class: 166.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14361828', '12747387', '13660970', '15078251', '14787072']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7261587158267003
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.59050631866123
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7125934761101533
- Mean Citation Score: 236.544644
- Max Citation Score: 515.194
- Similarity Product: 464.4539863318205

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

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