PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918511
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["184", "003100"]

Abstract:
An applicator for applying a friction modifying material to the surface of a rail is provided. The applicator comprises a resilient body for applying a composition to a surface of a rail. The resilient body comprises an outer impervious surface and defines a sealed passageway that extends through the resilient body for the composition to flow through; and an applicator support, wherein the resilient body is secured to the applicator support. A rail applicator assembly and methods for using the applicator are also provided.

Claim (Index 4):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein in the step of engaging:\n i) the passageway is wider at the exit port than at an inlet port, ii) the inlet port, the exit port, and the passageway are of a same width, or iii) the passageway is narrower at the exit port than at the inlet port.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09302
- Patent Class: 184.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14075829', '15452484', '14620406', '12788971', '13593189']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7590720054199853
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5244929897008275
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7356141038480696
- Mean Citation Score: 303.099506
- Max Citation Score: 388.11707
- Similarity Product: 314.4748340920663

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