PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916212
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["602", "019000"]

Abstract:
A welded orthopedic back brace is disclosed. In an embodiment, at least one belt member is coupled to a spinal support element. The materials of the belt member are thermally fused to form a unitary segment. In another embodiment, an anterior portion of a posterior pad of the spinal support element includes thermally fused materials to provide a user with an added degree of comfort.

Claim (Index 38):
An orthopedic back brace, comprising:\n a spinal support element; and a waist belt for positioning the spinal support element, the waist belt comprising a layer of a thermoplastic polyurethane having a first elasticity and a pre-welded thickness, and a second material having a second elasticity and a pre-welded thickness, the thermoplastic polyurethane and second layer thermally fused to form a hybrid layer between the thermoplastic polyurethane and the second material, the hybrid layer having characteristics of both the thermoplastic polyurethane and the second material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57778
- Patent Class: 602.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12835425', '15599233', '13674613', '10608696', '13116687']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5930836602265812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4740861311840033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5811839073223235
- Mean Citation Score: 203.949788
- Max Citation Score: 210.96222000000003
- Similarity Product: 157.12612665695792

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

Dataset: test