PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16216509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["014", "073000"]

Abstract:
A composite structural panel for use in bridge structures, and method of manufacturing same, comprises a top panel and a bottom panel separated by and attached to at least one, but preferably a plurality, of structural composite preforms which may be fabricated by a continuous manufacturing process and may be saturated by resin using a continuous wetting process. The composite preforms may take any cross sectional shape but are preferably trapezoidal. The top and bottom panels may be fabricated from a plurality of layers of woven fabric layers and non-woven fabric layers which are saturated with a resin that is subsequently cured using cure processes known in the art. The composite structural panel of the invention is usable as a flat structural member for use as bridge decking, ramps, trestles, and any application requiring a structural panel.

Claim (Index 1):
A bridge structure for supporting vehicular traffic, comprising:\n a plurality of longitudinal bridge support beams forming a bridge comprising a roadway, each of said support beams having an upper surface; and a plurality of structural composite panels disposed upon said upper surfaces of said support beams, each composite panel comprising: a top plate defined as a planer structure and having an upper surface and an underneath surface, wherein said top plate is comprised of a plurality of fiber layers saturated with resin and subsequently cured; a bottom plate defined as a planer structure and having an upper surface and a lower surface wherein said bottom plate is comprised of a plurality of fiber layers saturated with resin and subsequently cured; a first set of at least one composite preforms having a core comprised of expanding foam, each composite preform covered in a fabric wherein said expanding foam has expanded into interstitial spaces in said fabric, and wherein said fabric has been saturated with resin which has been subsequently cured; a second set of at least one composite preforms having a core comprised of expanding foam, each composite preform covered in a fabric wherein said expanding foam has expanded into interstitial spaces in said fabric, and wherein said fabric has been saturated with resin which has been subsequently cured; wherein said first set of composite preforms are attached to said underneath surface of said top plate; and wherein said second set of composite preforms are attached to said upper surface of said bottom plate; and wherein said first set of composite preforms and said second set of composite preforms are attached together forming said structural composite panels; and wherein said roadway surface is disposed on an upper surface of said structural panels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.97333
- Patent Class: 14.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15516409', '16189026', '14214913', '14235267', '15388421']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6317463449988904
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6388922606878746
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6324609365677888
- Mean Citation Score: 339.433546
- Max Citation Score: 518.95935
- Similarity Product: 401.74818122357726

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