PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899344
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["052", "637000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a base structural building module employing a core structural member having an array of upwardly and outwardly and downwardly and outwardly extending braces or arms extending therefrom. Tubular cans are mounted at the ends of each of the upper and lower arms to receive piles. One upper arm is aligned and paired with one lower arm and the pair's respective cans are aligned about their can axis. The modules employ flexible design by varying the lengths of the arms and their respective inclination or declination angles. Modules can be stacked one on top of another (and secured) to form multi-tiered structural building jackets for building vertical structures such as, for example, oil and gas platforms used onshore or offshore as well as other structures. Each tier can also comprise multiple modules joined laterally together to provide a wide variety of potential template configurations and building applications.

Claim (Index 46):
A multi-tiered, vertically-oriented structural building jacket template for building a vertical structure comprising:\n a. a bottom tier vertically-oriented structural building module having a lower end capable of resting on a foundation and an upper end opposite thereto, b. one or more upper tier vertically-oriented structural building modules each having lower ends and upper ends, the lower end of a first of the one or more upper tier modules being fixably attached to the upper end of the bottom tier, the lower end of any additional one of the one or more upper tier modules being fixably attached to the upper end of the module in the tier immediately below; c. wherein each vertically-oriented structural building module comprises:\n i. a central core member aligned along a central core vertical axis, the core structure comprising an upper end, a lower end, and an outer surface; \n ii. three or more upper structural arms each having lower and upper ends defining an upper arm length, the lower ends of the upper arms being fixably attached to the core outer surface in radially spaced relationship about the vertical axis, each upper arm extending outwardly and upwardly from the core its own vertical plane at a desired angle \u03b8 u  relative to the horizontal; \n iii. three or more lower structural arms each having lower and upper ends defining a lower arm length, the upper ends of the lower arms being fixably attached to the core outer surface in radially spaced relationship about the vertical axis, each lower arm extending outwardly and downwardly from the core at a desired angle \u03b8 d  relative to the horizontal, \n iv. upper tubular cans attached to the upper ends of the upper arms, the upper tubular cans each comprising an outer surface, an annular interior space oriented about a can axis and having an inner diameter, and upper and lower ends defining a can length, each of the upper tubular cans being attached to the upper arms in a substantially vertical orientation to align the annular interior space of each of the cans at a desired can angle \u03b8 c  relative to horizontal; and \n v. lower tubular cans attached to the lower ends of the lower arms, the lower tubular cans each comprising an outer surface, an annular interior space oriented about a can axis and having an inner diameter, and upper and lower ends defining a can length, each of the lower tubular cans being attached to the lower arms in a substantially vertical orientation to align the annular interior space of each of the cans at a desired can angle \u03b8 c  relative to horizontal,\n wherein each respective upper arm is aligned within the same vertical plane with a corresponding one of the respective lower arms to form an upper lower arm pair, and \n wherein the upper and lower cans of each of the respective arm pairs is aligned about the same can axis to form an arm pair can axis; \n \n d. connections connecting the lower cans of the lower end of the first of the one or more upper tier modules to the upper cans of the bottom tier; e. connections connecting the lower end of any additional one of the one or more upper tier modules to the upper end of the module in the tier immediately below; and f. an overall height defined as the distance from the bottom of the bottom tier to the top of the topmost of the upper tiers; wherein the upper and lower cans of each of the respectively attached module tiers remain aligned about the same respective can axis from the top of the jacket template to the bottom of the jacket template, wherein the central core members in each of the module tiers remain aligned along the central core vertical axis, wherein the top of the top tier is capable of receiving deck structure, and wherein the foundation is the seafloor, the ground, a concrete pad, or another structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53333
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15207435', '12797236', '13006236', '13401375', '14068071']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7818540260697103
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6756875881599712
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7712373822787364
- Mean Citation Score: 284.50920400000007
- Max Citation Score: 724.09644
- Similarity Product: 656.4397630544187

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