PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954277
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["277", "323000"]

Abstract:
A gasket capable of sealing against multiple sealing surfaces, comprising an inner seal ring for sealing against inner sealing surfaces, an outer seal ring for sealing against outer sealing surfaces, one or more intermediate seal rings for sealing against one or more intermediate sealing surfaces, and a connector member for connecting the inner seal ring, one or more intermediate seal rings and the outer seal ring. In some embodiments, the gasket includes a retaining feature for securing the gasket in place and a removal feature for removing the gasket. In some embodiments, the various components of the gasket (e.g., seal rings, connector members, retaining feature, etc.) are composed of different materials (e.g., metal, metal alloy, plastic, rubber, ceramic and/or glass).

Claim (Index 12):
A gasket for sealing between two elements in a closed position, each element including an inner bore and inner, intermediate, and outer sealing surfaces facing inwardly toward the inner bore, the gasket comprising:\n an inner seal ring comprising an outwardly facing gasket sealing surface configured to seal in an outward direction against the element inner sealing surfaces; an outer seal ring comprising an outwardly facing gasket sealing surface configured to seal against the element outer sealing surfaces in the same outward direction as the inner seal ring sealing surface; an intermediate seal ring comprising an outwardly facing gasket sealing surface configured to seal against the element intermediate sealing surfaces in the same outward direction as the inner and outer seal ring sealing surfaces; and a connector member flexibly connecting the inner, intermediate, and outer seal rings to allow deflection to occur between the seal rings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52632
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14606306', '13910294', '10135850', '15183903', '14688153']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7904510522688022
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4608810259995712
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.757494049641879
- Mean Citation Score: 173.170366
- Max Citation Score: 183.82162
- Similarity Product: 152.86637884488343

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

Dataset: test