PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16385090
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "699000"]

Abstract:
Presented herein is a connector forming a joint between first and second surfaces. The connector includes a hollow male member embedded in a first surface. The male member has open ended protrusion extending therefrom. A hollow female member to be embedded in second surface. The female member has a mating opening for receiving the protrusion and a flexible sealing means for forming a fluid tight seal between the female and male members. When installed, a tendon forms part of the first surface and extends through protrusion into female member. Prior to grouting, movement of the tendon during settling of first surface is facilitated by the male and female member, without breaking the fluid tight seal formed by flexible sealing means. Also presented is a method of forming a joint between a vertical surface and a horizontal surface.

Claim (Index 1):
A connector for use in forming a joint between a first surface and a settled second surface comprising:\n a male member comprising an open ended protrusion having a face plate extending about one end thereof, the flange wholly embedded in the first surface; a hollow female member to be wholly embedded in the second surface, the female member having a mating opening for receiving the protrusion; and flexible sealing means for forming a fluid tight seal between the female member and male member, where, when installed, a tendon forming part of the first surface is able to extend through the open ended protrusion into the female member and where, prior to grouting, subsequent movement of the male member in any direction caused by the tendon during settling of the first surface is facilitated by the flexibility of the sealing means without breaking the fluid tight seal it forms between the male and female member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15116984', '11721919', '10523355', '12676194', '11742902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7591008491564752
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6227335329934277
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7454641175401705
- Mean Citation Score: 259.662884
- Max Citation Score: 555.9577
- Similarity Product: 533.6809072457671

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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