PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16271516
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["425", "403100"]

Abstract:
In general, in various embodiments, the present disclosure is directed systems and methods for producing a porous surface from a solid piece of polymer. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to systems that include a track assembly, mold assembly, press assembly, and methods for using the same for producing a porous surface from a solid piece of polymer. In some embodiments, the present systems and methods are directed to processing a polymer at a temperature below a melting point of the polymer to produce a solid piece of polymer with an integrated a porous surface.

Claim (Index 13):
A method for processing material, the method comprising:\n providing a thermoplastic material for processing; providing a porogen for creating a porous layer in the thermoplastic material; providing a mold assembly for receiving and holding the thermoplastic material and the porogen; providing a track assembly comprising a heating element for heating the thermoplastic material; providing a static weight for applying a constant pressure to the thermoplastic material; providing a press assembly for applying an increased pressure to the thermoplastic, wherein the mold assembly, the track assembly, the static weight, and optionally the press assembly are used to create the porous layer in the thermoplastic material with the porogen.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25532
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15376121', '14985206', '15348323', '14985226', '15653047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7794360463811092
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5176153685386551
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7532539785968638
- Mean Citation Score: 399.889566
- Max Citation Score: 417.53403
- Similarity Product: 372.2116765782023

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

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