PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16026659
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["029", "525050"]

Abstract:
A pipe joint assembly including a first pipe element, a second pipe element, a pair of segments, each segment defining a first end and a second end, each first end comprising a tongue and each second end comprising a groove, each groove defining a groove shoulder surface, the tongue of the one segment defining a tongue outer surface, the tongue outer surface of the tongue of the one segment angled at a non-zero angle relative to the groove shoulder surface in an assembled and untightened position, the tongue outer surface of the tongue positioned parallel and flush to the groove shoulder surface of the groove of the second segment in an assembled and tightened condition; and a pair of fasteners configured to deflect each segment around the first pipe element and the second pipe element in the assembled and tightened condition.

Claim (Index 1):
A pipe joint assembly comprising:\n a first pipe element, the first pipe element defining an end and an outer surface; a second pipe element, the second pipe element defining an end and an outer surface, the end of the first pipe element positioned in an end-facing relationship with the end of the second pipe element; an annular gasket, the annular gasket defining a coupling void, the end of the first pipe element and the end of the second pipe element disposed within the coupling void, the annular gasket forming a seal with the outer surface of the first pipe element and the outer surface of the second pipe element; a pair of segments, each segment being approximately semi-circular and defining a first end and a second end, each segment comprising a fastener pad protruding proximate to each end, each fastener pad defining a fastener hole, each first end comprising a tongue and each second end comprising a groove, each tongue protruding circumferentially from each first end, each groove comprising two side walls and defined circumferentially in each second end, each groove defining a groove shoulder surface extending between the two side walls, the tongue of one segment of the pair of segments sized to be received between the two side walls of the groove of a second segment of the pair of segments, the tongue of the one segment defining a tongue outer surface facing radially outwardly towards the groove shoulder surface of the second segment when the tongue of the one segment is received between the two side walls of the groove of the second segment, the tongue outer surface of the tongue of the one segment angled at a non-zero angle relative to the groove shoulder surface of the groove of the second segment in an assembled and untightened position, the tongue outer surface of the tongue of the one segment positioned parallel and flush to the groove shoulder surface of the groove of the second segment in an assembled and tightened condition; and a pair of fasteners, each fastener engaging a one of the fastener holes of the pair of segments, each fastener configured to deflect each segment around the first pipe element and the second pipe element in the assembled and tightened condition.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.14583
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15455225', '14506307', '13354464', '13354459', '14741665']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8687943293986072
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5827256281475769
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8401874592735042
- Mean Citation Score: 370.682156
- Max Citation Score: 466.44354
- Similarity Product: 462.6978605994344

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