PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015688
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["439", "604000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.

Claim (Index 32):
A thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable having a reduced installation pulling force through a building passageway defined by a PVC conduit setup sized to accomodate the THHN electrical cable and having at least two 90\u00b0 bends within the PVC conduit setup, the THHN electrical cable comprising:\n at least one conductor capable of carrying an electrical current through the THHN electrical cable, wherein the conductor is formed at least in part from a metal; and, \n a sheath for protecting the conductor, wherein the sheath comprises:\n an insulating layer surrounding the conductor and providing electrical insulation to the conductor, wherein the insulating layer is formed at least in part from extruded polyvinyl chloride (PVC); and \n an outer layer surrounding, contacting, and forming a coating for the insulating layer, wherein the outer layer comprises a solidified extrusion of a material mixture, the material mixture comprising:\n a nylon material; and \n a pulling lubricant mixed within at least a portion of the nylon material, wherein at least a portion of the pulling lubricant is present at an exterior surface of the sheath to reduce the amount of force required to pull the cable through the building passageway; and \n \n \n wherein the outer layer is both resistant to heat, moisture, oil, and gasoline and provides the THHN electrical cable with the physical characteristic of requiring at least about 50% less force to pull the electrical cable through the building passageway compared to an amount of force required to pull a non-lubricated THHN electrical cable having an extruded sheath without the pulling lubricant mixed therein through the building passageway.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60294
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15068150', '13774677', '13274052', '11675441', '14144150']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8083309528842736
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5798351033773108
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7854813679335774
- Mean Citation Score: 433.487256
- Max Citation Score: 476.68195
- Similarity Product: 390.128396379912

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

Dataset: test