PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16018645
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["299", "058000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to tunnel boring machine cutter assemblies, such as ripping and scraping cutter or tool assemblies, (collectively “cutter assemblies”), and related methods of use and manufacturing. The various embodiments of the cutter assemblies described herein may be used in tunnel boring machines (“TBMs”), earth pressure balance machines (“EPBs”), raise drilling systems, large diameter blind drilling systems, and other types of mechanical drilling and excavation systems.

Claim (Index 1):
A cutter assembly for mounting on a cutterhead of a tunnel boring machine (\u201cTBM\u201d) and engaging a target material, the cutter assembly comprising:\n a support block sized and configured to be attached to the cutterhead of the TBM; and a plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements secured to the support block, each of the plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements including a polycrystalline diamond working surface, the plurality of polycrystalline diamond cutter elements including:\n one or more first polycrystalline diamond cutter elements having a substantially nonplanar polycrystalline diamond working surface; and \n one or more second polycrystalline diamond cutter elements having a substantially planar polycrystalline diamond working surface, wherein a center axis of the one or more second polycrystalline diamond cutter elements is oriented at an acute angle relative to a centerline of the support block.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65455
- Patent Class: 299.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14445774', '15065258', '15336530', '13790046', '15335788']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6724631071811634
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5793472747234142
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6631515239353885
- Mean Citation Score: 287.215252
- Max Citation Score: 487.4053
- Similarity Product: 458.861560648644

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

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