PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16242356
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["219", "061300"]

Abstract:
An apparatus ( 10 ) for joining a predetermined geometrical profile shape from a sheet material (SM) includes a positioning assembly ( 12 ) including a base member ( 14 ) and a frame ( 16 ) that is operable to receive the sheet material (SM), to configure the sheet material in a predetermined orientation and to linearly translate the sheet material along a process direction ( 20 ). A Z-bar ( 22 ) is configured to guide a first longitudinal edge (FE) and second longitudinal edge (SE) of the sheet material (SM) into adjacent alignment along the process direction ( 20 ). A welding and forging assembly ( 60 ) welds and then forges a seam between the first longitudinal edge (FE) and the second longitudinal edge (SE) of the associated sheet material (SM).

Claim (Index 20):
The guide member of  claim 16 , wherein the guide member includes a body having the first channel and the second channel, the first channel and second channel each include a distal end and a opposite proximal end wherein the associated sheet material is configured to be received at the distal ends and guided into adjacent alignment at the proximal ends, at least one of the first and second channels includes at least one elongated segment, the at least one elongated segment being configured to be movable relative to the body of the guide member to adjust a lateral position of at least one of the first or second longitudinal edges of the associated sheet material for achieving a desired overlap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14824101', '13717786', '13779310', '12286775', '11663898']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8189231312498478
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5290462557663715
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7899354437015002
- Mean Citation Score: 204.86562400000005
- Max Citation Score: 350.33496
- Similarity Product: 253.2666135047007

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

Dataset: test