PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15779826
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["296", "187010"]

Abstract:
A structural beam which comprises a first beam and a reinforcement to be attached to it. The first beam has a substantially U-shaped cross-section along at least a first portion of its length and comprises a bottom wall and two sidewalls wherein the bottom wall comprises a substantially flat first joining region. The reinforcement of the structural beam has a substantially flat second joining region which may be welded to a first joining region. Both parts of the structure are made of hardened UHSS. Methods for manufacturing such beams are also provided.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for manufacturing a structural beam for vehicles, the method comprising:\n providing a first beam and a reinforcement configured to be attached to the first beam, wherein the first beam has a substantially U-shaped cross-section along at least a first part of its length,\n the U-shape comprising a bottom wall and two sidewalls, \n the bottom wall having a first joining region, the first joining region being substantially flat, \n and the reinforcement having bottom wall has a second joining region, the second joining region being substantially flat, welding the first beam and the reinforcement, wherein the reinforcement is welded to the first beam only at the bottom wall of the U-shaped cross-section, and wherein,\n the first beam and the reinforcement being made of hardened UHSS.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86538
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15776054', '15816985', '15035207', '15308348', '10955384']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7695403600692383
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4774824986575949
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.740334573928074
- Mean Citation Score: 202.483794
- Max Citation Score: 247.43243
- Similarity Product: 173.93365922582268

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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