PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16270913
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["405", "184000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for installing pipe underground are disclosed. The system includes a pneumatic rammer configured to provide a percussive force to a section of pipe. The system also includes a main jacking frame coupled to the pneumatic rammer, the main jacking frame including a surface for contacting the section of pipe. The system also includes one or more hydraulic jacks coupled to the main jacking frame and configured to provide a hydraulic force to the section of pipe. The system also includes a set of tracks coupled to the main jacking frame, the set of tracks permitting the main jacking frame to slide in a longitudinal direction. An independently displaceable soil-clearing system can be included to clear dirt coming inside the pipe during the installation and add extra jacking force as needed.

Claim (Index 21):
The method of  claim 12  wherein the soil-clearing system includes an uninterrupted auger assembly driven by a hydraulic motor to drag dirt during operation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27419
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10766540', '12802162', '11412029', '11074341', '11074178']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7487110454109278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5061724766876686
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7244571885386019
- Mean Citation Score: 192.802518
- Max Citation Score: 222.71254
- Similarity Product: 139.64727472392914

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

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