PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15950809
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["264", "167000"]

Abstract:
A structural polymeric composite includes a stiffening layer. The composite is made in a continuous extrusion process in which the stiffening layer is pulled through a cross-head die as a polymer is extruded over it. The layer includes a film or textile carrier, a filler of carbon fibers, fiberglass, organic fibers or minerals forming a mat. A binder may be dispersed over the mat and a second carrier applied. The mat is subjected to heat and pressure to soften the carriers and binder so they penetrate into the interstices of the filler and binds mechanically with them and the carriers and binder bind chemically with each other to form the stiffening layer. A polymer is then extruded over the stiffening layer, which may be used flat, provided with holes or punches for composite action with the polymer, formed into a profile, or segmented to provide spaced-apart stiffening layers.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for making a structural composite, said method comprising the steps of:\n (a) rolling out a first carrier; (b) distributing filler onto said first carrier; (c) rolling out a second carrier onto said said filler, said filler being between said first carrier and said second carrier; (d) heating said first carrier and said second carrier to liquefy at least one of said first carrier and said second carrier; (e) pressing said filler, said first carrier, and said second carrier together, wherein said first carrier and said second carrier bind together chemically and to said filler physically to form a stiffening layer as said first carrier, said filler, and said second carrier cool; and (f) extruding a polymer with said stiffening layer through a cross-head die, wherein said polymer covers said stiffening layer, said polymer binding chemically with said first carrier and said second carrier, and wherein said cross-head die positions said stiffening layer with respect to said polymer to reinforce said polymer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96341
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15501492', '12480159', '13021041', '10867427', '13941950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7794464065858955
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5231695505654764
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7538187209838536
- Mean Citation Score: 211.688978
- Max Citation Score: 350.966
- Similarity Product: 312.8233463730812

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

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